| 身正不怕影子斜 |
shēn zhèng bù pà yǐng zi xié |
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing |
| 身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |
| 正 |
zhēng |
first month of the lunar year |
| 正 |
zhèng |
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive |
| 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 |
| 影 |
yǐng |
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace |
| 影子 |
yǐng zi |
shadow / reflection / (fig.) hint / indication / influence / CL:个 |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 斜 |
xié |
inclined / slanting / oblique / tilting |