不足為外人道

See also: 不足为外人道

Chinese[edit]

		insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	non-family member; outsider; stranger	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (不足為外人道/不足爲外人道)		不足	為/爲	外人	道
simp. (不足为外人道)		不足	为	外人	道

停數日，辭去。此中人語云：「不足為外人道也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

停数日，辞去。此中人语云：「不足为外人道也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源記), by Tao Yuanming, 421 (Wiktionary translation)

Tíng shùrì, cíqù. Cǐ zhōng rén yǔ yún: “Bùzú wèi wàirén dào yě.” [Pinyin]

He stayed on for a few more days before taking his leave. As he was departing, some of them said to him, "No need to tell outsiders about us."

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不足為外人道

not fit to be told to others; no need to tell others; this is not to be mentioned to outsiders; this is strictly between ourselves