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天機不可泄漏
  tin1 gei1 bat1 ho2 sit3 lau6   jyutping
  tian1 ji1 bu4 ke3 xie4 lou4   pinyin
[1] must not be revealed (lit., "mysteries of heaven must not be revealed")
[2] I am not at liberty to inform you

Var.: 不可泄露. This expression is the second part of 三寶 天機不可洩漏. See [en.wikipedia.org] for an explanation of 三寶.
Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
天機不可泄漏 / 天机不可泄漏

This word has been viewed 1915 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st May 2010 03:04 and last edited on 21st May 2010 03:08
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Characters in this word:

 tin1  -  sky, heaven
 gei1  -  machine
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 ho2 hak1  -  can; approve; need; but
 sit3  -  let out; leak; vent
 lau6  -  leak; miss out; divulge; loophole

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  tin1 gei1 bat1 ho2 sit3 lau6  tian1ji1 bu4 ke3 xie4 lou4 = not be able to confide a secret
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