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好事不出门，恶事传千里

hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ

11-character word Traditional 好事不出門，惡事傳千里

What 好事不出门，恶事传千里 means

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)

The characters in 好事不出门，恶事传千里

• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
• 千qiānthousand
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside