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家醜不可外揚

家醜不可外揚

See also: 家丑不可外扬

Chinese

skeleton in the closet; family skeleton; family scandal not; no; (negative prefix)
 
can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
 
outside; in addition; foreign; external
hurl; to raise; to scatter
trad. (家醜不可外揚) 家醜
simp. (家丑不可外扬) 家丑

Idiom

家醜不可外揚

  1. (slang) don't wash your dirty linen in public