道不拾遗
dào​bù​shí​yí

honesty prevails throughout society

  • created reference approved 道不拾遗/道不拾遺 → 路不拾遗/路不拾遺 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    道不拾遗 / 道不拾遺 dào​bù​shí​yí

    路不拾遗 / 路不拾遺 lù​bù​shí​yí

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 道不拾遗/道不拾遺 · dào​bù​shí​yí · honesty prevails throughout society — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    道不拾遗 / 道不拾遺

    dào​bù​shí​yí

    honesty prevails throughout society

    no one picks up lost articles in the street; used to describe a society where honesty pervades and people are law-abiding

    道 (literal) → 道 · dào · road 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 拾遗 (literal) → 拾遗/拾遺 · shí​yí · to pocket lost property

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

    created sense