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李下に冠を正さず李下に冠を整さず
りかにかんむりをたださず
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ leave no room for scandal
▶ don't do anything that can be misinterpreted
▶ [lit] don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2826232 李下【りか】 1. underneath a Japanese plum tree



History:
6. A 2014-12-09 02:51:47  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2014-12-05 09:40:14  Marcus Richert
  Refs:
daijr
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李下に冠を正さず	8105
李下に冠を整さず	No matches
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I don't think かんむり specifically refers to "crowns" but 
these kind of hats:
http://www.syo-
kazari.net/sosyoku/kibutsu/kanmuri/kanmuri1.html
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>李下に冠を整さず</keb>
@@ -15 +18 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">don't straighten your crown under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)</gloss>
4. A* 2014-12-05 08:03:11  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13,3 @@
-<gloss>avoiding the appearance of evil</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">don't straighten your crown under a plum tree</gloss>
+<gloss>leave no room for scandal</gloss>
+<gloss>don't do anything that can be misinterpreted</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">don't straighten your crown under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)</gloss>
3. A 2014-12-03 04:02:29  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
2. A 2012-06-30 07:33:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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