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若要人不知，除非己莫为

ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi

11-character word Traditional 若要人不知，除非己莫為

What 若要人不知，除非己莫为 means

1. 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.

The characters in 若要人不知，除非己莫为

• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 人rénperson; people
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as