報喜不報憂 bào xǐ bù bào yōu

DEFINITIONS

  1. to report only the good news, not the bad news
  2. to hold back unpleasant news
  3. to sweep bad news under the carpet

CHARACTERS

報 bào report, tell, announce
喜 xǐ
HSK 1
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
報 bào report, tell, announce
憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy