路不拾遺

Chinese

		road; path; way	not; no	pick up; ten (fraud-proof)	to lose; to leave behind
trad. (路不拾遺)		路	不	拾	遺
simp. (路不拾遗)		路	不	拾	遗
Literally: “Passers-by see lost items on the road but do not take them as their own”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lùbùshíyí

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁶ bat¹ sap⁶ wai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lùbùshíyí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lùbùshíhyí
  - Wade–Giles: lu⁴-pu⁴-shih²-i²
  - Yale: lù-bù-shŕ-yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhbushyryi
  - Palladius: лубушии (lubušii)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁶ bat¹ sap⁶ wai⁴
  - Yale: louh bāt sahp wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ bat⁷ sap⁹ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ bed¹ seb⁶ wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sɐp̚² wɐi̯²¹/

Idiom

路不拾遺

Used to describe good social ethos.
- 兩川之民，忻樂太平，夜不閉戶，路不拾遺。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  两川之民，忻乐太平，夜不闭户，路不拾遗。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Liǎng chuān zhī mín, xīn yuè tàipíng, yèbùbìhù, lùbùshíyí. [Pinyin]
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- 因為他辦強盜辦的好，不到一年竟有路不拾遺的景象。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  因为他办强盗办的好，不到一年竟有路不拾遗的景象。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can
  Yīnwèi tā bàn qiángdào bàn de hǎo, bùdào yīnián jìng yǒu lùbùshíyí de jǐngxiàng. [Pinyin]
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Synonyms

路無拾遺／路无拾遗
道不拾遺／道不拾遗 (dàobùshíyí)
拾金不昧 (shíjīnbùmèi)

References

“路不拾遺”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.