恶事传千里

evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom); scandal spreads like wildfire

used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]

evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm

to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander

evil / malicious deed

malicious deed; misdeed / disaster; catastrophe

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

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

biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance

variant of 裡|里[li3]

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)