家醜不可外傳
jiā​chǒu​bù​kě​wài​chuán

don't wash your dirty linen in public

  • created sense approved 家丑不可外传/家醜不可外傳 · jiā​chǒu​bù​kě​wài​chuán · don't wash your dirty linen in public — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    家丑不可外传 / 家醜不可外傳

    jiā​chǒu​bù​kě​wài​chuán

    don't wash your dirty linen in public

    (idiom) family shames must not be spread outside

    家丑 (literal) → 家丑/家醜 · jiā​chǒu · family scandal 不可 (literal) → 不可 · bù​kě · must not 外传 (literal) → 外传/外傳 · wài​chuán · to divulge

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense