此地無銀三百兩 (ci2 dei6 mou4 ngan4 saam1 baak3 loeng2 | ci3 di4 wu2 yin2 san1 bai3 liang3) : trying to hide something valuable but all you end up doing is telling everyone where the treasure is

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此地無銀三百兩

ci2 dei6 mou4 ngan4 saam1 baak3 loeng2

ci3 di4 wu2 yin2 san1 bai3 liang3

trying to hide something valuable but all you end up doing is telling everyone where the treasure is (lit., "putting up a sign saying that there aren't three hundred taels of silver buried underneath")

兩 as loeng2 because the meaning is "taels", not "two".

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

此地無銀三百兩 / 此地无银三百两

This word has been viewed 1688 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 25th Mar 2008 11:10 and last edited on 2nd Mar 2009 19:33

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Characters in this word:

此 ci2 - this; these; if so; thus
地 dei6 dei6*2 - earth; land; district; location
無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have
銀 ngan4 - silver; currency
三 saam1 saam3 - three; several
百 baak3 - hundred
兩 loeng5 loeng2 - two; pair

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