Using your mouth to listen to the sound of an axe chopping a tree echoing loudly.
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听其言而观其行
听其言而观其行
hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
- 。
We should listen to what he says and observe what he does.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 甘(sweet; pleased)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(one; point to)ASSOCIATIVE
- 八(eight; divide)RADICAL
Originally a picture of a rice sieve, it now serves as a pronoun meaning "that" or "it" in classical language.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彳(left foot step)RADICAL
- 亍(right foot; right step)ASSOCIATIVE
Left foot then right foot stepping forward is the very action of traveling down a road.
听其言而观其行
Traditional聽其言而觀其行
hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
- 。
We should listen to what he says and observe what he does.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 甘(sweet; pleased)ASSOCIATIVE
- 一(one; point to)ASSOCIATIVE
- 八(eight; divide)RADICAL
Originally a picture of a rice sieve, it now serves as a pronoun meaning "that" or "it" in classical language.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 而(beard; whiskers (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A drooping beard drawn downward became the connective word meaning "and, but, moreover" in sentences.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彳(left foot step)RADICAL
- 亍(right foot; right step)ASSOCIATIVE
Left foot then right foot stepping forward is the very action of traveling down a road.
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