lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
trad. 家醜不可外傳
Also written 家醜不可外傳【jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán】
Characters in this word
6家
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used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Traditional
- 傢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 400 of 2500
丑
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surname Chou
- Pinyin
- Chǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6087 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
可
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(prefix) can; may; able to; -able, to approve; to permit, to suit, (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very, but; however
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 179 of 2500
外
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outside, in addition, foreign, external
- Pinyin
- wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2016 of 2500
传
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to pass on, to spread, to transmit, to infect, to transfer, to circulate, to conduct (electricity)
- Pinyin
- chuán
- Traditional
- 傳
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 4087 of 2500