Let the cat out of the bag(lòu xiè tiān jī)
Let the cat out of the bag
Leak the secret, Chinese idiom, Pinyin L ò uxi è Ti ā NJ ī, means to leak the secret that should not be leaked. From the story of Pingyao.
Notes on Idioms
Tianji: an important secret.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 25 of Pingyao Zhuan: "the immortal said that he was the God of the state. After drinking and eating with the villain, he brought it out and asked the villain to give it to the official of the state. He was not allowed to let out the secret."
Idiom usage
To divulge a secret. The official said that Wei Yifang did not agree with the law and let out the secret, so he should be guilty. He was so anxious that Wei Yifang kowtowed to him. Feng Menglong's Yu Shi Ming Yan in Ming Dynasty Volume 33
Chinese PinYin : lòu xiè tiān jī
Let the cat out of the bag
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