好事不出门，恶事行千里 — “Good deeds or positive events are not easily widely known”
好事不出门，恶事行千里 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Good deeds or positive events are not easily widely known”. While negative events or bad news spread extremely fast and far. Literally, “Good things do not leave the door, bad things travel a thousand miles”.
好事不出门，恶事行千里 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 好事不出门，恶事行千里 mean?
好事不出门，恶事行千里 (hǎo shì bù chū mén ， è shì xíng qiān lǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Good deeds or positive events are not easily widely known”.
How do you pronounce 好事不出门，恶事行千里?
好事不出门，恶事行千里 is pronounced hǎo shì bù chū mén ， è shì xíng qiān lǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 好事不出门，恶事行千里 literally mean?
Literally, 好事不出门，恶事行千里 means “Good things do not leave the door, bad things travel a thousand miles”. It is used to mean “Good deeds or positive events are not easily widely known”.
What is the Chinese definition of 好事不出门，恶事行千里?
指好事不容易被人知道，坏事却传播得极快。