- listen to a person's words and watch his deeds
- 听: hear; listen
- 其: his
- 言: speech; word
- 观: Taoist temple a surname
- 行: go
- 听其言,观其行: listen to what one says and look at what one doesjudge people by their deeds,not just by their wordslisten to a person's words and watch his deeds
- 察其言观其行: check what he says against what he does
- 察其言,观其行: examine his words and watch his deedscheck what he says against what he does
- 听其言必责其用，观其行求其功。: words are to be judges from their function
- 观其行: examine his words and watch his deeds; to wait to see what he will say and what he will do
- 听其言: to wait to see what he will say and what he will do
- 听其言知其人: a bird may be known by its song
- 观其行而知其人: a trouble shared is a trouble halved; a true friend is known in the day of adversity; the deed proves the man
- 察言观色: examine a man's language and observe his countenance; carefully to weigh up a person's words and closely watch his expression; dive sb.'s thoughts from what he says and the expression on his face; observe sb.'s speech and behavior; take one's cue from sb.'s words and facial expressions; watch a person's every mood; watch a person's expressions and weigh his words carefully; weigh sb.'s words and watch his expression 我必须察言观色把他防! i shall have to watch my step
- 禁言观众: mute spectator; mute spects
- 不观其人,但观其友: A man is known by the company he keeps.
- 不观其人但观其友: a man is known by the company he keeps
- 观其友,知其人: A man is known by the company he keeps.
- 静观其变: wait and see
- 其行也长: remember that a few big managed
- 审如其言: what he says is indeed true
- 细味其言: ponder sb
- 自食其言: go back on one's own words; break one's promise; fail to keep one's promise; fail to live up to one's promise; retract one's promise; turn back on what one has said
- 不管，听其自然: leave alone
- 听其自便: consult one's pleasure; leave sth. to sb.'s convenience; let sb. act according to his convenience 对这样的事情, 我们就听其自便吧。 we have to consult his convenience in a matter of this kind
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