人眼難哄

Simplified: 人眼难哄

rényǎnnánhǒng ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄥˇ

    • one cannot hide one's actions from everyone's eyes
    • deceit won't work for long

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Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Literally
human eyes are hard to fool
Meaning
What you do cannot be hidden from everyone's eyes, so deceit won't work for long.

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