盖上筛子蒸饭,跑汽不在一处 蓋上篩子蒸飯,跑汽不在一處 蓋上篩子蒸飯,跑汽不在一處

steaming rice under a sieve lid: steam escapes in more than one place

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes news or secrets leaking from many places, not just one.
Simplified
盖上筛子蒸饭,跑汽不在一处
Traditional (Taiwan)
蓋上篩子蒸飯,跑汽不在一處
Pinyin
gài shang shāizi zhēng fàn, pǎo qì bú zài yí chù
Bopomofo
ㄍㄞˋ ˙ㄕㄤ ㄕㄞ ˙ㄗ ㄓㄥ ㄈㄢˋ,ㄆㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧˊ ㄔㄨˋ

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

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