DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves / also pr. []Sources & editorial notes
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不足為外人道 不足为外人道 [bu4 zu2 wei4 wai4 ren2 dao4] /(idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves/also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 wai4ren2 dao4]/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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