家醜不可外揚

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

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

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

abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] / surname Yang

to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate