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Examples:open enquiries and secret search (idiom); investigate openly and in secret—Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges—secretly plan treason [idiom.]—divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret—traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons—lit. easy dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies—substitute in secret (a fake for the genuine item)—Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist—secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans—Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855—important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it anyone!—sth one wishes keep secret—private language used as secret code—decision appoint an official that is kept secret among the hierarchy—kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret—Triad Society (early Qing anti-Manchu secret society)—make no secret (of one's presence)—fig. Internet slang used communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand—a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)— |