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外传

wài chuán

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wài chuán to tell others (a secret); to divulge to an outsider 3 definitions wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)

Definitions

1. to tell others (a secret)
2. to divulge to an outsider
3. to be rumored

Words Containing 外传

家丑不可外传

jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán

lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信

jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn

Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)

shèng jīng wài zhuàn

Apocrypha

Child Words of 外传

biography

to pass on

outside