知人难,知己更难 知人難,知己更難 知人難,知己更難

knowing others is hard, knowing yourself is harder

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning
Seeing yourself accurately is harder than understanding others.
Simplified
知人难,知己更难
Traditional (Taiwan)
知人難,知己更難
Pinyin
zhī rén nán, zhījǐ gèng nán
Bopomofo
ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ,ㄓ ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ

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

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