报喜不报忧 (報喜不報憂)
bào xǐ bù bào yōu
Pinyin
Definition
报喜不报忧 (報喜不報憂)
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- to report only the good news, not the bad news
- to hold back unpleasant news
- to sweep bad news under the carpet
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一则以喜,一则以忧
- 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)