「路遙知馬力，日久見人心」
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| Pronunciation： | lou6 jiu4 zi1 maa5 lik6 jat6 gau2 gin3 jan4 sam1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
路 road; journey; distance; way; means; sequence; line; path 遙 far; distant 知 to know; knowledge; to realise; to understand; to inform 馬 horse; Tin Hau; marathon 力 strength; powerfully; forcefully; strongly; physical strength; effort; force 日 day; sun; daytime; shorthand for Japan; 24 hours 久 long time; for a long time 見 to meet; to see; to experience; to feel; to consider; to regard 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 心 heart; centre; core; personality; mind; feeling; intention; affection; love; mind, attention; "heart" shape |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
As distance tests a horse's strength, so time reveals a person's heart.
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