cǐ​dì​wú​yín​sān​bǎi​liǎng

to reveal what one intends to hide

此地无银三百两 此地無銀三百兩 cǐ​dì​wú​yín​sān​bǎi​liǎng
to reveal what one intends to hide
(idiom) literally "no three hundred silver taels here"; refers to a clumsy attempt to conceal the truth that only succeeds in exposing it.

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