若要人不知，除非己莫為 (jeok6 jiu3 jan4 bat1 zi1, ceoi4 fei1 gei2 mok6 wai4 | ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1, chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2) : if you don't want to be found out, don't do sth. (wrong)

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若要人不知，除非己莫為

jeok6 jiu3 jan4 bat1 zi1, ceoi4 fei1 gei2 mok6 wai4

ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1, chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2

If you don't want to be found out, then don't do it (sth. bad) in the first place

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

若要人不知，除非己莫為 / 若要人不知，除非己莫为

This word has been viewed 2227 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 15th Aug 2009 00:16 and last edited on 16th Dec 2009 21:26

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Characters in this word:

若 joek6 je5 - appear; seem; if; you
要 jiu3 jiu1 - want; must; shall; important; demand; if
人 jan4 - person; human being
不 bat1 - not; no; un-
知 zi1 zi3 - know; knowledge; inform
， - (not in database)
除 ceoi4 - get rid of; eliminate; except; divide
非 fei1 - not; non-; wrong
己 gei2 - oneself; one's own
莫 mok6 - not, don't; none, nothing
為 wai4 wai6 - do, act; serve as; be; for

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