看人看心，听话听音看人看心，聽話聽音看人看心，聽話聽音

when judging a person look at the heart, when listening to talk listen for the tone

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Look past appearances to a person's real character and to what their words truly imply. Advice not to be fooled by the surface.

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Simplified: 看人看心，听话听音
Traditional (Taiwan): 看人看心，聽話聽音
Pinyin: kàn rén kàn xīn, tīnghuà tīng yīn
Bopomofo: ㄎㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄣ，ㄊㄧㄥㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄊㄧㄥㄧㄣ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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