Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

聽其言觀其行

tīngqíyánguānqíxíng

ㄊㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

Simplified 听其言观其行

  1. 1hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions

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