道不拾遺 dào bù shí yí

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)
  2. fig. honesty prevails throughout society

CHARACTERS

道 dào
HSK 2
path, road, street; method, way
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
拾 shí
HSK 4
pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten
遺 yí lose; articles lost; omit