听其言而观其行

1. • hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) judge a person not by his words, but by his actions

Character by character

• 听(tīng)listen to
• 其(qí)his
• 言(yán)words
• 而(ér)and
• 观(guān)look at
• 其(qí)his
• 行(xíng)go