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瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠

guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān

11-character word Traditional 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠

What 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 means

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

The characters in 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠

• 瓜guāmelon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
• 田tiánfield; farm
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 纳nàto receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 履lǚshoe; to tread on
• 李lǐplum
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 冠guànto put on a hat; to be first; to dub