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好事不出门，恶事传千里

hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ · hao shi bu chu men , e shi chuan qian li

Traditional 好事不出門，惡事傳千里

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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)

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