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纸包不住火zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒYou cannot wrap fire in paper—there is no concealing the truth; be impossible to cover up; truth will be (/come) out;what’s done by night appears by day
❍ 纸里包不住火，书月吐了实，陈晓病倒了。(高云览《小城春秋》225) Fire can’t be concealed in a paper bag. Shuyue told him the truth,and he took to his bed in a collapse.
❍ 他们秘密转移、大量销毁他们的罪证。但是，纸是包不住火的。现在，大量的人证物证还是被找出来了。They secretly took away and destroyed large quantities of evidence.But fire cannot be wrapped in paper. Now large amounts of evidence,in persons and things,have been found. 纸包不住火zhi bao bu zhu huoyou can’t wrap fire in paper—there is no way concealing the truth 纸包不住火fire cannot be wrapped up in paper—there is no hiding the fact(or concealing the truth);truth will be out 纸包不住火zhǐ bāo bù zhù huǒ形容事实真相是无法掩盖的。truth will out, There is no concealing the truth. what’s done by night appears by day, Murder will out. |