身正不怕影子斜
Traditional form:
身正不怕影子斜
Pinyin (reading):
shēnzhèngbùpàyǐngzixié
Definitions:
- lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (idiom)
- fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
Characters:
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
- 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 怕 - to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
- 影 - shadow; image, reflection; photograph
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 斜 - slanting, sloping, inclined
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