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路不拾遗

lù bù shí yí

4-character word Traditional 路不拾遺

What 路不拾遗 means

1. lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)
2. fig. honesty prevails throughout society

The characters in 路不拾遗

• 路lùroad; journey; route
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps
• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind

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