平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊

Traditional form:

平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚

Pinyin (reading):

píngshēngbùzuòkuīxīnshì,bànyèqiāoménxīnbùjīng

Definitions:

• He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.
• Rest with a clear conscience.

Characters:

• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 做 - to work, to make; to act
• 亏 - to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 敲 - to hammer, to pound, to strike
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 惊 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm

Traditional characters:

• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 做 - to work, to make; to act
• 虧 - to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 敲 - to hammer, to pound, to strike
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 驚 - to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm