瓜田に履を納れず、李下に冠を正さず

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瓜	田	履	納	李	下	冠	正
か Jinmeiyō	でん Grade: 1	くつ Grade: S	い Grade: 6	り Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 1	かんむり Grade: S	ただ Grade: 1

Etymology

• Borrowed from a Han Dynasty poem called 樂府詩《君子行》 (Pinyin yuèfǔ shī《jūnzǐ xíng》): 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠

Lit. Do not put on sandals in a field of melons, and do not adjust your hat under a plum tree, for you might be suspected of stealing plums and melons.

Idiom

瓜(か)田(でん)に履(くつ)を納(い)れず、李(り)下(か)に冠(かんむり)を正(ただ)さず or 瓜田に履を納れず、李下に冠を正さず(idiom) • (kaden ni kutsu o irezu, rika ni kanmuri o tadasazu or idiom) [[Category:Japanese
|かてんにくつをいれす、りかにかんむりをたたさす']]

1. Never invite suspicions needlessly.

See also

• Chinese: 瓜田李下 (guātiánlǐxià)

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.
• Four-character idiom