行不改名，坐不改姓

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	not; no	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	not; no	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	surname; family name; name
trad. (行不改名，坐不改姓)		行	不	改	名	，	坐	不	改	姓
simp. #(行不改名，坐不改姓)		行	不	改	名	，	坐	不	改	姓

Etymology

Literally: to not change your given name after doing something, and not change your surname after sitting down

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíng bù gǎi míng, zuò bù gǎi xìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ , ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíng bù gǎi míng, zuò bù gǎi xìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ , ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síng bù gǎi míng, zuò bù gǎi sìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing² pu⁴ kai³ ming², tso⁴ pu⁴ kai³ hsing⁴
    • Yale: syíng bù gǎi míng-, dzwò bù gǎi syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyng bu gae ming, tzuoh bu gae shinq
    • Palladius: син бу гай мин, цзо бу гай син (sin bu gaj min, czo bu gaj sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

行不改名，坐不改姓

1. to do things in an aboveboard and straightforward manner
2. to have nothing to hide

   我行不改名，坐不改姓，要是有什麼問題，叫他直接來找我。 [MSC, trad.]
   我行不改名，坐不改姓，要是有什么问题，叫他直接来找我。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xíngbùgǎimíng, zuòbùgǎixìng, yàoshi yǒu shénme wèntí, jiào tā zhíjiē lái zhǎo wǒ. [Pinyin]

   I have nothing to hide; if he has a problem, tell him to come see me directly.