瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
Traditional: 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠Dictionary entry
lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
What does 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 mean?
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 (guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
2fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
3innocent acts may be misconstrued
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瓜guāmelon; gourd; squash · (slang) a piece of gossip田Tiánsurname Tian不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-纳Nàsurname Na履lǚshoe · to tread on李Lǐsurname Li下xiàdown · downwards整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly · (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat
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