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平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚
简 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 · 繁 平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚Mandarin · pinyin píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng
Meanings
- He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.
- Rest with a clear conscience.
Characters in this entry
- 平
- píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
- 生
- shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 做
- zuò · work, make; act
- 虧
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- 心
- xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
- 事
- shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 半
- bàn · half
- 夜
- yè · night, dark; in night; by night
- 敲
- qiāo · strike, beat, pound, hammer; rap
- 門
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
- 驚
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- 亏
- kuī · lose, fail; damage; deficient
- 门
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
- 惊
- jīng · frighten, surprise, startle
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ping4 sang1 bat1 zou6 kwai1 sam1 si6 ，bun3 je6 haau1 mun4 sam1 bat1 geng1
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