话不在多,人不在说 話不在多,人不在說 話不在多,人不在説

talk isn't a matter of how much; a person isn't judged by what they say

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
What matters is hitting the point, not talking a lot; and a person's worth lies in what they do, not in how well they talk. Close to "actions speak louder than words".
Simplified
话不在多,人不在说
Traditional (Taiwan)
話不在多,人不在說
Traditional (Hong Kong)
話不在多,人不在説
Pinyin
huà bú zài duō,rén bú zài shuō
Bopomofo
ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄨㄛ,ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄛ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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