隔墙有耳 — Chinese idiom
隔墙有耳
gé qiáng yǒu ěr
Traditional: 隔牆有耳
Meaning
- the walls have ears
Character by character
- 隔géto separate, to partition, to divide
- 墙qiángwall
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 耳ěrear; to hear, to hear of; handle
Idioms sharing a character
- 天地悬隔 tiān dì xuán gé
- 与世隔绝 yǔ shì gé jué
- 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ
- 隔岸观火 gé àn guān huǒ
- 隔年皇历 gé nián huáng lì
- 隔靴搔痒 gé xuē sāo yǎng
- 兄弟阋墙 xiōng dì xì qiáng
- 引水入墙 yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
- 狗急跳墙 gǒu jí tiào qiáng
- 红杏出墙 hóng xìng chū qiáng
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