邻居一杆秤，街坊千面镜鄰居一桿秤，街坊千面鏡鄰居一桿秤，街坊千面鏡

neighbours are a scale, the neighbourhood a thousand mirrors

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Neighbours judge a family accurately and fairly and see it from every side, so those around you know the truth.

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Simplified: 邻居一杆秤，街坊千面镜
Traditional (Taiwan): 鄰居一桿秤，街坊千面鏡
Pinyin: línjū yì gǎn chèng, jiēfāng qiān miànjìng
Pinyin (Taiwan): línjū yì gān chèng, jiēfāng qiān miànjìng
Bopomofo: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄧˋ ㄍㄢㄔㄥˋ，ㄐㄧㄝㄈㄤㄑㄧㄢㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

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

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