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好事不出门，恶事传千里
好事不出门，恶事传千里
好事不出门，恶事传千里
好事不出门，恶事传千里
好事不出门，恶事传千里
好事不出门，恶事传千里
好事不出门，恶事传千里
好事不出门，恶事传千里

好事不出门，恶事传千里 — “Good deeds do not leave the door, bad deeds travel a thousand li”

好事不出门，恶事传千里 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Good deeds are rarely known, while bad deeds spread far and wide quickly; good news travels slowly, bad news travels fast”. Literally, “Good deeds do not leave the door, bad deeds travel a thousand li”.

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好事不出门，恶事传千里 Pronunciation and Pinyin

好事不出门，恶事传千里 Character Breakdown

CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
好		hǎo6good, well, okay, very
事		shì8matter, event, or undertaking
不		bù4not
出		chū5go or come out
门		mén3door, gate, entrance
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恶		è10evil, bad, wicked
事		shì8matter, event, or undertaking
传		chuán6transmit, spread, biography
千		qiān3thousand, many
里		lǐ7inside, village, unit of length

Example Sentence with 好事不出门，恶事传千里

他帮助了很多人，但很少有人知道。可他犯了一个小错误，立刻就传开了，真是好事不出门，恶事传千里啊。
He helped many people, but few knew about it. However, as soon as he made a small mistake, it immediately spread around. It's truly a case of good deeds rarely being known, while bad deeds spread far and wide quickly.

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Questions about 好事不出门，恶事传千里

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) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Good deeds are rarely known, while bad deeds spread far and wide quickly; good news travels slowly, bad news travels fast”.

How do you pronounce 好事不出门，恶事传千里?

好事不出门，恶事传千里 is pronounced hǎo shì bù chū mén ， è shì chuán qiān lǐ in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 好事不出门，恶事传千里 literally mean?

Literally, 好事不出门，恶事传千里 means “Good deeds do not leave the door, bad deeds travel a thousand li”. It is used to mean “Good deeds are rarely known, while bad deeds spread far and wide quickly; good news travels slowly, bad news travels fast”.

What is the Chinese definition of 好事不出门，恶事传千里?

指好事不容易被人知道，坏事却传播得极快