divulge a secret

divulge a secret

In Chinese, Pinyin is j ī sh ì B ù m ì, which means to disclose secrets. It comes from the biography of Wang Mang in the history of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Wang Mang in the history of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "those who divulge the affairs of the province and the Shangshu will be harmed if they don't know the secret."

Analysis of Idioms

The antonym is silent

Idiom usage

When divulging secrets, the eunuch Cao Jie and other officials tried to abuse power, but Dou Wu and Chen fanmou killed them. The first chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty