路遙知馬力，日久見人心

Chinese
a long road tests a horse's strength; distance tests a horse's stamina; only time can reveal a person's true strength time reveals a person's heart; time will tell a true friend from a false one
trad. (路遙知馬力，日久見人心) 路遙知馬力 ， 日久見人心
simp. (路遥知马力，日久见人心) 路遥知马力 ， 日久见人心

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lùyáozhīmǎlì, rìjiǔjiànrénxīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄠˊ ㄓ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ , ㄖˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): lou6 jiu4 zi1 maa5 lik6, jat6 gau2 gin3 jan4 sam1
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: lùyáozhīmǎlì, rìjiǔjiànrénxīn
      • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄧㄠˊ ㄓ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ , ㄖˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: lùyáojhihmǎlì, rìhjiǒujiànrénsin
      • Wade–Giles: lu4-yao2-chih1-ma3-li4, jih4-chiu3-chien4-jên2-hsin1
      • Yale: lù-yáu-jr̄-mǎ-lì-, r̀-jyǒu-jyàn-rén-syīn
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhyaujymaalih, ryhjeoujiannrenshin
      • Palladius: луяочжимали, жицзюцзяньжэньсинь (lujaočžimali, žiczjuczjanʹžɛnʹsinʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /lu⁵¹ jɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese

Proverb

路遙知馬力，日久見人心

  1. a long road tests a horse's strength and time proves a person's heart

Synonyms
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