滴水不漏

Chinese

		a drop; to drip	water; river	not; no	funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge
trad. (滴水不漏)		滴	水	不	漏
simp. #(滴水不漏)		滴	水	不	漏
Literally: “not one drop of water leaks”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīshuǐbùlòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik⁶ seoi² bat¹ lau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīshuǐbùlòu [Phonetic: dīshuǐbúlòu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dishuěibùlòu
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-shui³-pu⁴-lou⁴
    • Yale: dī-shwěi-bù-lòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dishoeibulow
    • Palladius: дишуйбулоу (dišujbulou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dik⁶ seoi² bat¹ lau⁶
    • Yale: dihk séui bāt lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁹ soey² bat⁷ lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig⁶ sêu² bed¹ leo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²²/

Idiom

滴水不漏

1. completely rigorous; watertight; very tight

Synonyms

• 點水不漏／点水不漏