若要人不知,除非己莫為 ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi

If you fear others know, don't do it

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

Characters

Character Meaning
if; as; like
to want; going to (as future auxiliary); must
person; people; man
not; no; (negative prefix)
to know; to be aware
except; not including; to remove
not; to not be; non-
self; oneself
do not; surname Mo; there is none who
for; because of; to