瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠

Traditional form:

瓜田不納履，李下不整冠

Pinyin (reading):

guātiánbùnàlü,lǐxiàbùzhěngguān

Definitions:

• lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
• fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
• innocent acts may be misconstrued

Characters:

• 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
• 田 - field, farm, arable land; cultivated
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 纳 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
• 履 - shoes; to walk, to tread
• 李 - plum; luggage; surname
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 整 - neat, orderly, whole; to repair, to mend
• 冠 - cap, crown, headgear

Traditional characters:

• 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
• 田 - field, farm, arable land; cultivated
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 納 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
• 履 - shoes; to walk, to tread
• 李 - plum; luggage; surname
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 整 - neat, orderly, whole; to repair, to mend
• 冠 - cap, crown, headgear