瞒债必穷，瞒病必死瞞債必窮，瞞病必死瞞債必窮，瞞病必死

hide a debt and you will surely be poor; hide an illness and you will surely die

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Concealing the truth about a problem stops it being dealt with in time and leads to a bad end. A warning to be open.

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Simplified: 瞒债必穷，瞒病必死
Traditional (Taiwan): 瞞債必窮，瞞病必死
Pinyin: mán zhài bì qióng, mán bìng bì sǐ
Bopomofo: ㄇㄢˊ ㄓㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ，ㄇㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙˇ

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

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