聽其言而觀其行

Simplified: 听其言而观其行

tīngyánérguānxíng ㄊㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

    • 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

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