家醜不可外傳 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 家丑不可外传 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 醜(chǒu)shameful 不(bù)no 可(kě)can 外(wài)outside 傳(chuán)pass on A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0