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人在做，天在看 (jan4 zoi6 zou6 tin1 zoi6 hon3) — you can't get away with anything; one's evil deeds won't go unpunished in Cantonese

janˎ₄人zoiˍ₆在zouˍ₆做，tinˉ¹天zoiˍ₆在hon˗₃看
Mandarin Pinyin: ren2 zai4 zuo4 tian1 zai4 kan4

Meaning of 人在做，天在看

nounyou can't get away with anything; one's evil deeds won't go unpunished

Characters in 人在做，天在看

人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources
在zoi6
be alive; living; be present; exist
做zou6
enter (a profession)
天tin1
/tin1/
看hon3
judge; consider; think as

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