keep secret(mì ér bù xuān)

keep secret

It's a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is m ì é RB ù Xu ā n, which means to keep information and information secret. It comes from the biography of Lu Meng in the annals of the Three Kingdoms.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] keep your mouth shut, keep it secret, keep your mouth shut

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Lu Meng in the annals of the Three Kingdoms: "the secret is to Su Chen's three strategies; to accept them respectfully; to keep them secret but not to publicize."

Idiom usage

To keep a secret of something. examples how can there not be such a wonderful theory of overtone? What does he mean. (Chapter 73 of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : mì ér bù xuān