此地無銀三百両
ci2 dei6 mou4 ngan4 saam1 baak3 loeng2cǐ de wú yín sān bǎi liǎnginferred
English
- to expose something by hiding it; to try to hide something but instead reveal it; in short 此地無銀
粵語 — Cantonese
- 古時有個故事，講一個人掘咗個窿埋咗啲錢喺入面，佢收好啲錢之後，仲係驚有人會揾到，於是插咗個牌係度，上面寫住「此地無銀三百兩」。唔使審，之後啲錢梗係畀人偷晒啦。後來用嚟比喻人明明想掩飾一啲嘢，但係愈掩飾愈露出馬腳。有時縮寫做「此地無銀」。
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk