平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚

Chinese

		lifetime; all one's life; one's whole life	not; no	to do; to make; to produce	to go against one's conscience; to have a guilty conscience	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair		half of the night; midnight; late at night half of the night; midnight; late at night; deep of the night; the middle of the night	to knock on a door	also; too	not; no	to startle; to be frightened; to be scared to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
trad. (平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚)		平生	不	做	虧心	事	，	半夜	敲門	也	不	驚
simp. (平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门也不惊)		平生	不	做	亏心	事	，	半夜	敲门	也	不	惊
Literally: “if one has not committed something of guilt in their entire life, they will not be afraid when someone is knocking on their doors in the middle of the night”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngshēng bù zuò kuīxīn shì , bàn yèqiāo mén yě bù jīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕˋ , ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ sang¹ bat¹ zou⁶ kwai¹ sam¹ si⁶, bun³ je⁶ haau¹ mun⁴ jaa⁵ bat¹ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngshēng bù zuò kuīxīn shì , bàn yèqiāo mén yě bù jīng [Phonetic: píngshēng bú zuò kuīxīn shì , bàn yèqiāo mén yě bù jīng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕˋ , ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄠ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngsheng bù zuò kueisin shìh , bàn yèciao mén yě bù jing
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-shêng¹ pu⁴ tso⁴ kʻuei¹-hsin¹ shih⁴ , pan⁴ yeh⁴-chʻiao¹ mên² yeh³ pu⁴ ching¹
    • Yale: píng-shēng bù dzwò kwēi-syīn shr̀ , bàn yè-chyāu mén yě bù jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngsheng bu tzuoh kueishin shyh , bann yehchiau men yee bu jing
    • Palladius: пиншэн бу цзо куйсинь ши , бань ецяо мэнь е бу цзин (pinšɛn bu czo kujsinʹ ši , banʹ jecjao mɛnʹ je bu czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mən³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ sang¹ bat¹ zou⁶ kwai¹ sam¹ si⁶, bun³ je⁶ haau¹ mun⁴ jaa⁵ bat¹ ging¹
    • Yale: pìhng sāng bāt jouh kwāi sām sih, bun yeh hāau mùhn yáh bāt gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ sang¹ bat⁷ dzou⁶ kwai¹ sam¹ si⁶, bun³ je⁶ haau¹ mun⁴ jaa⁵ bat⁷ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ seng¹ bed¹ zou⁶ kuei¹ sem¹ xi⁶, bun³ yé⁶ hao¹ mun⁴ ya⁵ bed¹ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sou̯²² kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ siː²² puːn³³ jɛː²² haːu̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹ jaː¹³ pɐt̚⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門也不驚

1. if one were not guilty, they have nothing to hide