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"外传" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
外传 外傳 wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
外传 外傳 wài chuán to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored
Chinese Pinyin Translation
圣经外传 聖經外傳 shèng jīng wài zhuàn Apocrypha / biography external to the classics
家丑不可外传 家醜不可外傳 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn 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.

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