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隔牆有耳 (gaak3 coeng4 jau5 ji5) — beware of people eavesdropping (lit. (nearby) walls have ears) [Syn]屬垣有耳 in Cantonese

gaak˗₃隔coengˎ₄牆jauˏ₅有jiˏ₅耳
简 隔墙有耳
Mandarin Pinyin: ge2 qiang2 you3 er3

Meaning of 隔牆有耳

nounbeware of people eavesdropping (lit. (nearby) walls have ears) [Syn]屬垣有耳

Characters in 隔牆有耳

隔gaak3
separate; divide; cut off; isolate
牆coeng4
anything shaped or functioning like a wall
有jau5
there is; exist; be present
耳ji5
a Chinese family name

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