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好事不出门，恶事扬千里
好事不出门，恶事扬千里
好事不出门，恶事扬千里
好事不出门，恶事扬千里
好事不出门，恶事扬千里
好事不出门，恶事扬千里
好事不出门，恶事扬千里
好事不出门，恶事扬千里

好事不出门，恶事扬千里 — “Good news travels slowly, while bad news spreads rapidly and widely”

好事不出门，恶事扬千里 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Good news travels slowly, while bad news spreads rapidly and widely”. Literally, “Good things don't go out the door, bad things spread a thousand li”.

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好事不出门，恶事扬千里 Pronunciation and Pinyin

好事不出门，恶事扬千里 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
扬		yáng6raise, praise, or scatter
千		qiān3thousand, many
里		lǐ7inside, village, unit of length

Example Sentence with 好事不出门，恶事扬千里

他辛苦建立的好名声，因为一点小失误就受到了质疑，真是好事不出门，恶事扬千里啊
His good reputation, painstakingly built up, was questioned due to a minor slip-up. It truly is a case of good news traveling slowly while bad news spreads far and wide quickly.

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Questions about 好事不出门，恶事扬千里

What does 好事不出门，恶事扬千里 mean?

好事不出门，恶事扬千里 (hǎo shì bù chū mén ， è shì yáng qiān lǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Good news travels slowly, while bad news spreads rapidly and widely”.

How do you pronounce 好事不出门，恶事扬千里?

好事不出门，恶事扬千里 is pronounced hǎo shì bù chū mén ， è shì yáng qiān lǐ in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 好事不出门，恶事扬千里 literally mean?

Literally, 好事不出门，恶事扬千里 means “Good things don't go out the door, bad things spread a thousand li”. It is used to mean “Good news travels slowly, while bad news spreads rapidly and widely”.

What is the Chinese definition of 好事不出门，恶事扬千里?

指好事不容易被人知道，坏事却传播得极快