纸团里的火，包不住紙團里的火，包不住紙團里的火，包不住

fire in a paper ball: it can't be wrapped up

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: A wrongdoing cannot be hidden and will sooner or later come to light. Warning tone.

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Simplified: 纸团里的火，包不住
Traditional (Taiwan): 紙團里的火，包不住
Pinyin: zhǐtuán lǐ de huǒ, bāo búzhù
Bopomofo: ㄓˇ ㄊㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄏㄨㄛˇ，ㄅㄠㄅㄨˊ ㄓㄨˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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