Entry
是shì骡luó子zi是shì马mǎ，,牵qiān出chū来lai遛liù遛liu

  1. lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom); fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating; to show what one is made of

    trad. 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛

Also written 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛【shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liu】

Characters in this word

8
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

Pinyin
zǐ
Strokes
3
Frequency
2170 of 2500
Words starting with 子Words ending in 子Anywhere in a word
出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

Pinyin
chū
Strokes
5
Frequency
328 of 2500
Words starting with 出Words ending in 出Anywhere in a word
来
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to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Pinyin
lái
Traditional
來
Strokes
7
Frequency
33 of 2500
Words starting with 来Words ending in 来Anywhere in a word