好事不出门，恶事传千里

Traditional form:

好事不出門，惡事傳千里

Pinyin (reading):

hǎoshìbùchūmén,èshìchuánqiānlǐ

Definitions:

• 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)

Characters:

• 好 - good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 恶 - bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 传 - to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

Traditional characters:

• 好 - good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 惡 - bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 傳 - to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane