家醜

family scandal / skeleton in the closet

Characters and words in 家醜

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]
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]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a framed "home sweet home" picture.

The swine (豕) graduated and wearing a graduation cap (宀), it came home to the ashram. In front of it (a1), Joan of Arc (ji) welcomes the swine and hugs it. To welcome her dear swine, she put a gigantic home sweet home (家) picture in front of the ashram.
shameful / ugly / disgraceful

Words with 家醜

Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

Sentences with 家醜

家醜 currently does not appear in any sentence.