人间私语，天闻若雷；暗室亏心，神目如电人間私語，天聞若雷；暗室虧心，神目如電人間私語，天聞若雷；暗室虧心，神目如電

whispers among people are heard by heaven like thunder; a guilty deed in a dark room is seen by the gods like lightning

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Heaven hears secret words and gods see secret wrongs, so do no evil even in private. An old moral warning.

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Simplified: 人间私语，天闻若雷；暗室亏心，神目如电
Traditional (Taiwan): 人間私語，天聞若雷；暗室虧心，神目如電
Pinyin: rénjiān sīyǔ, tiān wén ruò léi; ànshìkuīxīn, shén mù rú diàn
Bopomofo: ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢㄙㄩˇ，ㄊㄧㄢㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˊ；ㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄎㄨㄟㄒㄧㄣ，ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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