道不拾遗 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

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

Character by character

• 道dàomethod, way; path, road
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 拾shíto collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers'
• 遗yíto lose; a lost article

Idioms sharing a character

• 一语道破 yī yǔ dào pò
• 仁义道德 rén yì dào dé
• 假道伐虢 jiǎ dào fá Guó
• 分道扬镳 fēn dào yáng biāo
• 口碑载道 kǒu bēi zài dào
• 问道于盲 wèn dào yú máng
• 坐而论道 zuò ér lùn dào
• 天公地道 tiān gōng dì dào
• 天道酬勤 tiān dào chóu qín
• 安贫乐道 ān pín lè dào

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