To publicize scandals means that disgraceful and shameful things are spread everywhere outside.

Scandal: Refers to something disgraceful (with a strong derogatory meaning), usually a shameful thing that cannot be talked about by outsiders. This kind of thing is often unified by the whole family and requires that it not be told outside. Wai Yang: refers to spreading and publicizing everywhere. This refers to the scandal spreading outside the family in a decent manner.

Another oppositional phrase, "Family scandals should not be publicized" is more common. It means: scandals in the family should not be publicized to outsiders, so as not to lose face and bring shame to others, and one should also feel ashamed. It happens to be the opposite of spreading scandals. The proverb "if you don't want others to know, don't do anything except yourself" is often combined with "make the scandal public" to enhance the satirical effect.

Related examples

1. The principal’s office is calling at this moment. It is probably because the principal is worried that the scandal will be publicized, so he calls specifically to warn himself.

2. After learning that the child had been born, Ozawa was afraid that the scandal would be affected by the scandal, so he had to resort to tricks to let the baby boy leave his mother.

3. However, in order to prevent the scandal at home from being publicized, Feng still suppresses his anger and compromises.

4. The old man was worried that the scandal would be publicized and wanted to settle the matter, but the old man’s family insisted on filing a lawsuit. After Lin arrived at the case, she argued that the credit card was given to her with the old man’s consent, but the Taiwanese police still investigated it on suspicion of theft.

5. Jiang Dahua, who was afraid of the scandal being publicized and was also afraid of going to jail, had no choice but to swallow his anger and let him be manipulated.