beware of eavesdroppers(gé qiáng yǒu ěr)

beware of eavesdroppers

Walls have ears, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g é Qi á ngy ǒ u ě R, which means that across a wall, someone is eavesdropping. It means that even if we discuss in secret, others may know. It is also used to persuade people to speak carefully so as not to leak. It comes from Guanzi, the emperor and his ministers.

The origin of Idioms

Guan Zhong's Guanzi · junchenxia: "the wall has ears, and the enemy is on the side. If there are ears in the wall, it is also said that there is a slight leakage. "

Idiom usage

To be careful of Secrets

Idioms and allusions

Who would have expected a confidant to talk, forget that walls have ears, all poured into Yang ziqu's ears. ——In the 33rd chapter of Nie Hai Hua written by Zeng Pu in the Qing Dynasty, "walls have ears" is not only a folk saying, but also a warning to awaken the world. It advises people to be careful in everything, observe before and after, listen to all directions, so as to avoid diseases coming from the mouth and disasters coming from the mouth. This proverb has a little story. Two vagabonds, who are used to stealing and slaughtering pigs, once shared the spoils under the eaves of a house. It happened that the Sheriff of the county government squatted in the pigsty behind his house to urinate. After sharing the spoils, the two of them had just entered the house, and the four captains separated them into two ways. Then they caught them in the room of the county magistrate. When they met, they were stunned and did not know why. All of a sudden, the constable appeared in front of them and said, "you two, please hand over the 100 Wen copper money you each got, otherwise, the constable will..." After they were used to eavesdropping, they said in one voice: "are you..." The constable laughed and said, "walls have ears." The two habitual thieves suddenly realized that they each handed over 100 copper coins. In real life, colleagues and friends often come together in small groups, laughing and joking, or reversing the topic, commenting on an official who is honest and selfless and a good public servant; an official often goes to restaurants and singing halls, and has been in office for less than two years, but his family is rich, and so on. But I don't know that there are relatives and friends of incorruptible officials and corrupt officials in the same group. Others show off their "good luck" to their friends in public places, earn a lot of money from business, buy various high-end goods at home, how much money they have in bank, and buy Motorcycles recently. But I don't know that the "diners" who are separated by seats are also "the walls have ears". They are habitual thieves. Your new car flies far away, which is also the reason.

Analysis of Idioms

A partition wall must have ears, but no one outside the window has ears

Chinese PinYin : gé qiáng yǒu ěr