若要人不知,除非己莫為

joek6 jiu3 jan4 bat1 zi1 ,ceoi4 fei1 gei2 mok6 wai4

If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

Written Forms

若要人不知,除非己莫為Traditional · Main Form
若要人不知,除非己莫为Alternate Form

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