好事不出门，恶事传千里
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Definitions
- 1. lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
- 2. a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
Child Words of 好事不出门，恶事传千里
no; not so
matter
to pass on
biography
to go out
to go out
thousand
good
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, \a fine thing indeed\)
to be meddlesome
evil
to hate
lining
a thousand miles
malicious deed; misdeed
evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire
gate