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听其言而观其行 (聽其言而觀其行)

tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

听
=
口
+
斤
其
=
甘
+
一
+
八
言
=
亠
+
二
+
口
而
=
丆
+
？
观
=
又
+
见
其
=
彳
+
亍

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