此地無銀三百兩 (ci2 dei6 mou4 ngan4 saam1 baak3 loeng2) — 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") in Cantonese
ciˊ²此deiˍ₆地mouˎ₄無nganˎ₄銀saamˉ¹三baak˗₃百loengˊ²兩简 此地无银三百两
Mandarin Pinyin: ci3 di4 wu2 yin2 san1 bai3 liang3
Meaning of 此地無銀三百兩
nountrying 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")