竹笼里藏火炭，早晚要烧起来竹籠里藏火炭，早晚要燒起來竹籠里藏火炭，早晚要燒起來

hiding burning coal in a bamboo cage: it will catch fire sooner or later

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A hidden danger will sooner or later cause trouble. Warning.

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Simplified: 竹笼里藏火炭，早晚要烧起来
Traditional (Taiwan): 竹籠里藏火炭，早晚要燒起來
Pinyin: zhúlóng lǐ cáng huǒtàn, zǎowǎn yào shāo qǐlai
Bopomofo: ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄊㄢˋ，ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄢˇ ㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄠㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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