理直千人必往，心亏寸步难移理直千人必往，心虧寸步難移理直千人必往，心虧寸步難移

if reason is straight, you'll go among a thousand people; if the heart is guilty, you can hardly move an inch

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Someone in the right is bold anywhere, while someone with a guilty conscience is afraid wherever they go.

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Simplified: 理直千人必往，心亏寸步难移
Traditional (Taiwan): 理直千人必往，心虧寸步難移
Pinyin: lǐ zhí qiān rén bì wǎng, xīnkuī cùnbùnányí
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧˇ ㄓˊ ㄑㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄨㄤˇ，ㄒㄧㄣㄎㄨㄟㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˊ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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