若要人不知，除非己莫为 in English ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1 , chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2 Meaning

Meanings

• If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiomatic expression). metaphorically If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

Pinyin

ruo4 yao4 ren2 bu4 zhi1 , chu2 fei1 ji3 mo4 wei2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

若ruo4to seem 要yao4to demand 人ren2man 不bu4(negative prefix) 知zhi1to know ， 除chu2to get rid of 非fei1abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa 己ji3self 莫mo4surname Mo 为wei4as (in the capacity of)