节令不到，不知冷暖；人不相处，不知厚薄節令不到，不知冷暖；人不相處，不知厚薄節令不到，不知冷暖；人不相處，不知厚薄

until the season arrives you don't know cold or warm; until people spend time together you don't know how warm or cool they are

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: You can't really know a person until you've had dealings with them over time.

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Simplified: 节令不到，不知冷暖；人不相处，不知厚薄
Traditional (Taiwan): 節令不到，不知冷暖；人不相處，不知厚薄
Pinyin: jiélìng búdào, bùzhī lěngnuǎn; rén bù xiāngchǔ, bùzhī hòubó
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄌㄥˇ ㄋㄨㄢˇ；ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨˇ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄛˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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