人言未必真，听言听三分人言未必真，聽言聽三分人言未必真，聽言聽三分

what people say is not necessarily true; of what you hear, take only three tenths

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Don't believe everything people tell you; accept only a small part of it. A warning to be sceptical of hearsay.

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Simplified: 人言未必真，听言听三分
Traditional (Taiwan): 人言未必真，聽言聽三分
Pinyin: rén yán wèibì zhēn, tīng yán tīng sānfēn
Bopomofo: ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄣ，ㄊㄧㄥㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥㄙㄢㄈㄣ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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