Definitions

1. 1. If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom)
2. 2. fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.

Components

• 若 ruò – to seem
• 要人 yào rén – important person
• 不知 bù zhī – not to know
• 除非 chú fēi – only if (..., or otherwise, ...)
• 己 jǐ – self
• 莫 Mò – surname Mo
• 为 wéi – as (in the capacity of)