恶事传千里
è​shì​chuán​qiān​lǐ

scandal travels fast

  • created sense approved 恶事传千里/惡事傳千里 · è​shì​chuán​qiān​lǐ · scandal travels fast — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    恶事传千里 / 惡事傳千里

    è​shì​chuán​qiān​lǐ

    scandal travels fast

    (idiom) evil deeds spread a thousand miles; bad news or scandal spreads like wildfire

    恶事 (literal) → 恶事/惡事 · è​shì · evil deed 传 (literal) → 传/傳 · chuán · to pass on 千里 (literal) → 千里 · qiān​lǐ · a thousand li

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

    created sense