| 瓜 | guā | melon; gourd; squash |
| 田 | tián | field; farm; CL:片; surname Tian |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 纳 | nà | to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing; surname Na |
| 履 | lǚ | shoe; to tread on |
| 李 | lǐ | plum; surname Li |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down |
| 整 | zhěng | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; to make sb suffer; to punish; to fix; to give sb a hard time |
| 冠 | guān | hat; crown; crest; cap |
| 冠 | guàn | to head |
| 瓜田不纳履 | guā tián bù nà lǚ | lit. don't tie your shoe-laces in a melon-patch; fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion; innocent acts may be misconstrued |
