「家醜不出外傳 / 家醜不可外傳」
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| Individual Character Meaning： |
家 home; family 醜 ugly((look)); ugly; bad-looking; shameful; disgraceful; embarrassing; bad; evil 不 no; negator; not 出 to go out; to come out; to issue; to publish; to produce; to grow; to appear; to offer; to give; to provide; to go beyond; to use; to bring out; to show 外 outside; outer; outward 傳 pass on; legend; biography; to pass; to pass on; to hand down; to spread; to circulate; to summon |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
bad things about one's family (or school, company, organisation, etc.) should not be aired to outsiders, and should be settled within the circle
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