瓜田李下
guā​tián​lǐ​xià

suspicious circumstances

  • created reference approved 瓜田李下 → 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠/瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓜田李下 guā​tián​lǐ​xià

    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

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    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 瓜田李下 · guā​tián​lǐ​xià · suspicious circumstances — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瓜田李下

    guā​tián​lǐ​xià

    suspicious circumstances

    Found in a suspicious position; a situation that easily invites suspicion. Short for [[瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠|瓜田不納履，李下不整冠|gua1 tian2 bu4 na4 lu:3 li3 xia4 bu4 zheng3 guan1]].

    瓜 (literal) → 瓜 · guā · melon 田 (literal) → 田 · tián · field 李 (literal) → 李 · lǐ · plum 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · below

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

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