| 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 |
píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng |
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience. |
| 平 |
Píng |
surname Ping |
| 平 |
píng |
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平声 |
| 平生 |
píng shēng |
all one's life |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 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 |
| 半 |
bàn |
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 半夜 |
bàn yè |
midnight / in the middle of the night |
| 夜 |
yè |
variant of 夜 |
| 夜 |
yè |
night |
| 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) |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 惊 |
jīng |
to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm |