瞒天瞒地,瞒不过邻居 瞞天瞞地,瞞不過鄰居 瞞天瞞地,瞞不過鄰居

you can hide it from heaven and earth, but not from the neighbours

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning
Neighbours know your affairs best, so you can't keep secrets from them.
Simplified
瞒天瞒地,瞒不过邻居
Traditional (Taiwan)
瞞天瞞地,瞞不過鄰居
Pinyin
mántiānmándì, mánbúguò línjū
Bopomofo
ㄇㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ,ㄇㄢˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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