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好事不出門，壞事傳千里 (hou2 si6 bat1 ceot1 mun4 waai6 si6 cyun4 cin1 lei5) — Good news do not travel well, but bad news travel really fast and far in Cantonese

houˊ²好siˍ₆事batˉ¹不ceotˉ¹出munˎ₄門，waaiˍ₆壞siˍ₆事cyunˎ₄傳cinˉ¹千leiˏ₅里
简 好事不出门，坏事传千里
Mandarin Pinyin: hao3 shi4 bu4 chu1 men2 , huai4 shi4 chuan2 qian1 li3

Meaning of 好事不出門，壞事傳千里

nounGood news do not travel well, but bad news travel really fast and far

Characters in 好事不出門，壞事傳千里

好hou2
well; all right; okay
事si6
be engaged in; go in for
不bat1
not; no; un-
出ceot1
go out; come out
門mun4
the key; turning point
壞waai6
bad; spoil; spoiled; ruin; destroy
傳cyun4
convey; express; show
千cin1
card cheat; swindler [v] cheat at cards; swindle
里lei5
li, a unit of length equivalent to 500 m

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