- 家丑不可外扬 jiāchǒubùkěwàiyáng don't wash your dirty linen in publicLiterally means family shames should not be spread abroad; used as an idiom to mean that internal or shameful matters should not be shared with outsiders.
- 家丑不可外传 jiāchǒubùkěwàichuán don't wash your dirty linen in public(idiom) family shames must not be spread outside