报喜不报忧
Traditional form:
報喜不報憂
Pinyin (reading):
bàoxǐbùbàoyōu
Definitions:
- to report only the good news, not the bad news
- to hold back unpleasant news
- to sweep bad news under the carpet
Characters:
- 报 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
- 喜 - to love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 报 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
- 忧 - sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
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