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Definition(s) for: 家丑不可外扬

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
家丑不可外扬 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng - lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)
- fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 89,359 74,476

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
家 jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
家 jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]
丑 chǒu- surname Chou
丑 chǒu- clown
- 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
- ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
丑 chǒu- shameful
- ugly
- disgraceful
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
可 kě- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
可 kè- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
外 wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
扬 yáng- abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2zhou1] in Jiangsu
- surname Yang
扬 yáng- to raise
- to hoist
- the action of tossing or winnowing
- scattering (in the wind)
- to flutter
- to propagate
扬 yáng- variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

Other Words Containing 家丑不可外扬

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo