没有不透风的墙 / 沒有不透風的牆

méi​yǒu​bù​tòu​fēng​de​qiáng

no secret can be kept forever

literally 'there is no wall that doesn't let the wind through'; no matter how well a secret is guarded, it will eventually be leaked

méi​yǒu​bú​tòu​fēng​de​qiáng

没有 (literal) → 没有/沒有 · méi​yǒu · to not have 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 透风 (literal) → 透风/透風 · tòu​fēng · to leak a secret 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 墙 (literal) → 墙/牆 · qiáng · wall

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM