话不传六耳話不傳六耳話不傳六耳

words are not passed to six ears

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Six ears means three people. When saying something secret, nobody else should be present; a secret known to a third person is no longer safe. Similar to 'two's company, three's a crowd' for secrets.

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Simplified: 话不传六耳
Traditional (Taiwan): 話不傳六耳
Pinyin: huà bù chuán liù'ěr
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄦˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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