来者不善，善者不来

Traditional form:

來者不善，善者不來

Pinyin (reading):

láizhěbùshàn,shànzhěbùlái

Definitions:

• He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
• Be careful not to trust foreigners.
• Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!

Characters:

• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on