"好事不出門,壞事傳千里" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Chinese]

IPA: /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hou̯³⁵ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹ waːi̯²² siː²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /hou̯³⁵ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹ waːi̯²² siː²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: hǎoshì bù chūmén [Mandarin, Pinyin], huàishì chuán qiānlǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hou² si⁶ bat¹ ceot¹ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ cyun⁴ cin¹ lei⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hǎoshì bù chūmén [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], huàishì chuán qiānlǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], hǎoshìh bù chumén [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], huàishìh chuán cianlǐ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hao³-shih⁴ pu⁴ chʻu¹-mên² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], huai⁴-shih⁴ chʻuan² chʻien¹-li³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], hǎu-shr̀ bù chū-mén- [Mandarin, Yale, standard], hwài-shr̀ chwán chyān-lǐ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], haoshyh bu chumen [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], huayshyh chwan chianlii [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], хаоши бу чумэнь [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], хуайши чуань цяньли [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xaoši bu čumɛnʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], xuajši čuanʹ cjanʹli [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hóu sih bāt chēut mùhn, waaih sih chyùhn chīn léih [Cantonese, Yale], hou² si⁶ bat⁷ tsoet⁷ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ tsyn⁴ tsin¹ lei⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hou² xi⁶ bed¹ cêd¹ mun⁴, wai⁶ xi⁶ qun⁴ qin¹ léi⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 好事不出门,坏事传千里, 好事不出門,惡事傳千里, 好事不出門,惡事行千里, 好事毋出門,壞事傳千里, 好事毋出門,歹事傳千里
Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 好事不出門,壞事傳千里
  1. good news goes on crutches, but bad news travels fast
    Sense id: en-好事不出門,壞事傳千里-zh-proverb-0Enf8liD Categories (other): Cantonese proverbs, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese proverbs, Mandarin proverbs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "form": "好事不出門,惡事傳千里"
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    {
      "form": "好事不出門,惡事行千里"
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    {
      "form": "好事毋出門,壞事傳千里",
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        "Hakka"
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    },
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      "form": "好事毋出門,歹事傳千里",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoshì bù chūmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàishì chuán qiānlǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² si⁶ bat¹ ceot¹ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ cyun⁴ cin¹ lei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoshì bù chūmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàishì chuán qiānlǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoshìh bù chumén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàishìh chuán cianlǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-shih⁴ pu⁴ chʻu¹-mên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huai⁴-shih⁴ chʻuan² chʻien¹-li³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-shr̀ bù chū-mén-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwài-shr̀ chwán chyān-lǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haoshyh bu chumen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huayshyh chwan chianlii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаоши бу чумэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуайши чуань цяньли"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaoši bu čumɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuajši čuanʹ cjanʹli"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu sih bāt chēut mùhn, waaih sih chyùhn chīn léih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² si⁶ bat⁷ tsoet⁷ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ tsyn⁴ tsin¹ lei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² xi⁶ bed¹ cêd¹ mun⁴, wai⁶ xi⁶ qun⁴ qin¹ léi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹ waːi̯²² siː²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹ waːi̯²² siː²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好事不出門,壞事傳千里"
}
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      "form": "好事不出門,惡事傳千里"
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      "expansion": "好事不出門,壞事傳千里",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese proverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 事",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 傳",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 出",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 千",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 壞",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 好",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 里",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 門",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
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        "good news goes on crutches, but bad news travels fast"
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          "bad news travels fast",
          "bad news travels fast"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoshì bù chūmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàishì chuán qiānlǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² si⁶ bat¹ ceot¹ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ cyun⁴ cin¹ lei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoshì bù chūmén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàishì chuán qiānlǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎoshìh bù chumén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàishìh chuán cianlǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hao³-shih⁴ pu⁴ chʻu¹-mên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huai⁴-shih⁴ chʻuan² chʻien¹-li³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hǎu-shr̀ bù chū-mén-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwài-shr̀ chwán chyān-lǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "haoshyh bu chumen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huayshyh chwan chianlii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хаоши бу чумэнь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуайши чуань цяньли"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xaoši bu čumɛnʹ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuajši čuanʹ cjanʹli"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hóu sih bāt chēut mùhn, waaih sih chyùhn chīn léih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² si⁶ bat⁷ tsoet⁷ mun⁴, waai⁶ si⁶ tsyn⁴ tsin¹ lei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou² xi⁶ bed¹ cêd¹ mun⁴, wai⁶ xi⁶ qun⁴ qin¹ léi⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹ waːi̯²² siː²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou̯³⁵ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ muːn²¹ waːi̯²² siː²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "好事不出門,壞事傳千里"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 好事不出門,壞事傳千里 meaning in All languages combined (4.6kB)

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "好事不出門,壞事傳千里"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "好事不出門,壞事傳千里",
  "trace": ""
}

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