若要人不知，除非己莫为

Traditional form:

若要人不知，除非己莫為

Pinyin (reading):

ruòyàorénbùzhī,chúfēijǐmòwéi

Definitions:

• 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.

Characters:

• 若 - if, supposing, assuming; similar
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
• 人 - man, person; people
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
• 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
• 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose
• 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
• 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be

Traditional characters:

• 若 - if, supposing, assuming; similar
• 要 - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
• 人 - man, person; people
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
• 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
• 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose
• 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
• 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be