家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信

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.

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]

family scandal / skeleton in the closet

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°

shameful / ugly / disgraceful

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

cannot / should not / must not

cannot; should not; must not

can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

used in 可汗[ke4 han2]

outside / in addition / foreign / external

lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored

unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)

to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)

biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade

rumor / gossip / to spread rumors

words / speech / to say / to talk

to cut / to slice / tangent (math)

definitely / absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right. / Tut! / to grind / close to / eager / to correspond to / see also 反切[fan3 qie4]

you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it)

surname Mo

do not / there is none who

light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage

to easily trust / gullible / naïve

letter / mail / CL:封[feng1] / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random