家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信

Traditional form:

家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信

Pinyin (reading):

jiāchǒubùkěwàichuán,liúyánqièmòqīngxìn

Definitions:

• 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.

Characters:

• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 丑 - ugly; shameful; comedian, clown
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
• 传 - to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 切 - to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager
• 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative
• 轻 - light, gentle; simple, easy
• 信 - to trust, to believe; letter, sign

Traditional characters:

• 家 - house, home, residence; family
• 醜 - ugly; shameful; comedian, clown
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
• 傳 - to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 切 - to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager
• 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative
• 輕 - light, gentle; simple, easy
• 信 - to trust, to believe; letter, sign