路不拾遗 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

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

Character by character

• 路lùroad, path, street; journey
• 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

• 一路货色 yī lù huò sè
• 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
• 冤家路窄 yuān jiā lù zhǎi
• 半路出家 bàn lù chū jiā
• 天雨路滑 tiān yù lù huá
• 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
• 广开言路 guǎng kāi yán lù
• 必经之路 bì jīng zhī lù
• 投石问路 tóu shí wèn lù
• 死路一条 sǐ lù yī tiáo

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