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听其言观其行
tīng qí yán guān qí xíng
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基本释义
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- [ tīng qí yán guān qí xíng ]
- [listen to what a person says and watch what he does;take note of sb.'s words but judge him by his deeds] 听一个人说什么，又看他做什么，常有不仅要听他说的，更重要的是看其做的如何的含义
- 英文翻译
- hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects)
- judge a person not by his words, but by his actions