state secret

Noun

 * 1) Information which pertains to the affairs of a country, access to which is restricted by the government.
 * 2)  Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important.
 * 1)  Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important.
 * 1)  Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important.
 * 1)  Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important.
 * 1)  Personal information which someone would like to keep private, even if ultimately not important.

Usage notes

 * Sometimes used sarcastically in negative constructions, such as not a state secret, to indicate that the described information is not at all secret, but is, to the contrary, widely known among the general public. For example:
 * The poor quality of Chinese schools is not a state secret.
 * The poor quality of Chinese schools is not a state secret.

Translations

 * Arabic: سِرّ دَوْلَة
 * Azerbaijani: dövlət sirri
 * Belarusian: дзяржа́ўная таямні́ца
 * Bulgarian: държа́вна та́йна
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: státní tajemství
 * Danish: statshemmelighed
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: riigisaladus
 * Finnish: valtiosalaisuus
 * French: secret d'État
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ríkisleyndarmál
 * Italian: segreto di Stato
 * Japanese: 国家機密
 * Korean: 국가기밀(國家機密)
 * Macedonian: државна тајна
 * Polish: tajemnica państwowa
 * Portuguese: segredo de estado
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: државна тајна
 * Roman: državna tajna
 * Slovak: štátne tajomstvo
 * Slovene: državna skrivnost
 * Swedish: statshemlighet
 * Turkish: devlet sırrı
 * Turkmen: döwlet syry
 * Udmurt: кун лушкес
 * Ukrainian:, держтаємни́ця