路不拾遗

Traditional form:

路不拾遺

Pinyin (reading):

lùbùshíyí

Definitions:

• lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)
• fig. honesty prevails throughout society

Characters:

• 路 - road, path, street; journey
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
• 遗 - to lose; a lost article

Traditional characters:

• 路 - road, path, street; journey
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 拾 - to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
• 遺 - to lose; a lost article