提着影戏人儿上场，好歹别戳破这层纸提著影戲人兒上場，好歹別戳破這層紙提着影戲人兒上場，好歹別戳破這層紙

Carrying shadow-puppets on stage: whatever you do, don't poke through this sheet of paper

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A reminder not to be too blunt or expose the truth. Also used to beg someone not to reveal one's shameful deeds.

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Simplified: 提着影戏人儿上场，好歹别戳破这层纸
Traditional (Taiwan): 提著影戲人兒上場，好歹別戳破這層紙
Traditional (Hong Kong): 提着影戲人兒上場，好歹別戳破這層紙
Pinyin: tízhe yǐngxì rénr shàngchǎng, hǎodǎi bié chuōpò zhè céng zhǐ
Bopomofo: ㄊㄧˊ ˙ㄓㄜㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄖㄣˊㄦㄕㄤˋ ㄔㄤˇ，ㄏㄠˇ ㄉㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄔㄨㄛㄆㄛˋ ㄓㄜˋ ㄘㄥˊ ㄓˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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