分辨人的好坏看言行,分辨马的优劣听声音分辨人的好壞看言行,分辨馬的優劣聽聲音分辨人的好壞看言行,分辨馬的優劣聽聲音

to tell a person's good from bad, look at words and deeds; to tell a horse's quality, listen to its voice

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Judge people by what they say and do, just as you judge a horse by its call. It is advice about assessing character, said in an approving, practical tone.

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Simplified: 分辨人的好坏看言行,分辨马的优劣听声音
Traditional (Taiwan): 分辨人的好壞看言行,分辨馬的優劣聽聲音
Pinyin: fēnbiàn rén de hǎohuài kàn yánxíng,fēnbiàn mǎ de yōuliè tīng shēngyīn
Bopomofo: ㄈㄣㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄉㄜㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄎㄢˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ,ㄈㄣㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄧㄡㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄧㄥㄕㄥㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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