| 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 |
bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bù pà guǐ qiāo mén |
he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 做 |
zuò |
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) |
| 亏 |
kuī |
to lose (money); to have a deficit / to be deficient / to treat unfairly / luckily; fortunately; thanks to / (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations) |
| 亏心 |
kuī xīn |
a guilty conscience |
| 亏心事 |
kuī xīn shì |
shameful deed |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 心事 |
xīn shì |
a load on one's mind / worry / CL:宗,桩 |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不怕 |
bù pà |
fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though |
| 怕 |
Pà |
surname Pa |
| 怕 |
pà |
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps |
| 鬼 |
guǐ |
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy |
| 敲 |
qiāo |
to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge |
| 敲门 |
qiāo mén |
to knock on a door |
| 门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
| 门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |