此地无银三十两 — “No thirty taels of silver buried here”
此地无银三十两 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make a clumsy attempt to conceal something, which only serves to expose it; to give oneself away by an attempt to hide something”. Literally, “No thirty taels of silver buried here”.
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Origin and Story of 此地无银三十两
Once upon a time, there was a meticulous yet overconfident man named Zhang San. He painstakingly saved three hundred taels of silver.
Fearing theft, he secretly dug a pit in his yard one night, buried the silver, and then placed a sign over the spot that read, 'No three hundred taels of silver buried here.'
His neighbor, a thief named Wang Er, saw this, stole the silver, and left behind a sign that read, 'Neighbor Wang Er did not steal it.'
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What does 此地无银三十两 mean?
此地无银三十两 (cǐ dì wú yín sān shí liǎng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make a clumsy attempt to conceal something, which only serves to expose it; to give oneself away by an attempt to hide something”.
How do you pronounce 此地无银三十两?
此地无银三十两 is pronounced cǐ dì wú yín sān shí liǎng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 此地无银三十两 literally mean?
Literally, 此地无银三十两 means “no thirty taels of silver buried here”. It is used to mean “to make a clumsy attempt to conceal something, which only serves to expose it; to give oneself away by an attempt to hide something”.
Where does 此地无银三十两 come from?
此地无银三十两 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to modern Chinese. The full story is on this page.
What is the Chinese definition of 此地无银三十两?
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