家丑不可外传 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 家醜不可外傳 jiāchǒubùkěwàichuán ㄐㄧㄚ ㄔㄡˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public Character by character 家(jiā)home 丑(chǒu)surname Chou 不(bù)no 可(kě)can 外(wài)outside 传(chuán)pass on A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0