瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā​tián​bù​nà​lǚ​lǐ​xià​bù​zhěng​guān

to avoid suspicion

  • created sense approved 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠/瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 · guā​tián​bù​nà​lǚ​lǐ​xià​bù​zhěng​guān · avoiding suspicion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 / 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠

    guā​tián​bù​nà​lǚ​lǐ​xià​bù​zhěng​guān

    avoiding suspicion

    do not tie your shoes in a melon patch, and do not adjust your hat under a plum tree; one should avoid behaving in a way that could be easily misinterpreted as suspicious

    瓜 (literal) → 瓜 · guā · melon 田 (literal) → 田 · tián · field 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 纳 (literal) → 纳/納 · nà · to put on 履 (literal) → 履 · lǚ · shoe ， (non_chinese) 李 (literal) → 李 · lǐ · plum 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 整 (literal) → 整 · zhěng · to organize 冠 (literal) → 冠 · guān · hat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠/瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 · guā​tián​bù​nà​lǚ​lǐ​xià​bù​zhěng​guān · to avoid suspicion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 / 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠

    guā​tián​bù​nà​lǚ​lǐ​xià​bù​zhěng​guān

    to avoid suspicion

    literally 'do not tie your shoes in a melon patch or adjust your hat under a plum tree'; do not do things that look suspicious to others, as innocent actions can be easily misunderstood

    瓜 (literal) → 瓜 · guā · melon 田 (literal) → 田 · tián · field 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 纳 (literal) → 纳/納 · nà · to put on 履 (literal) → 履 · lǚ · shoe ， (non_chinese) 李 (literal) → 李 · lǐ · plum 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 整 (literal) → 整 · zhěng · to organize 冠 (literal) → 冠 · guān · hat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense