明人不做暗事 míng rén bù zuò àn shì

DEFINITIONS

  1. The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).
  2. fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.

CHARACTERS

明 míng
HSK 1
bright, light, brilliant; clear
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
做 zuò
HSK 1
work, make; act
暗 àn
HSK 5
dark; obscure; in secret, covert
事 shì
HSK 2
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident