纸包不住火 zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ

lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. paper can't wrap fire; fig. the truth will out

Characters

Character Meaning
纸 zhǐ HSK 2
paper; classifier for documents, letter etc
包 bāo HSK 3
bag; to wrap; to include
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
住 zhù HSK 1
to live; to stay; to reside
火 huǒ HSK 2
fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming