好事不出门，恶事传千里

Traditional: 好事不出門，惡事傳千里

hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ

Dictionary entry

lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles

What does 好事不出门，恶事传千里 mean?

好事不出门，恶事传千里 (hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles

2a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)

Character breakdown

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好hǎogood · appropriate; proper 事shìmatter · thing 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 门Ménsurname Men 恶ěused in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]传chuánto pass on · to spread 千qiānthousand

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好事不出门，恶事传千里

hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ

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