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Open the tool →不可告人 (bù kě gào rén) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a hidden secret”.
不可告人 is pronounced bù kě gào rén in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 不可告人 means “cannot tell others; not for public disclosure”. It is used to mean “a hidden secret”.
不能告诉别人。指见不得人。