just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)
trad. 路遙知馬力，日久見人心
Also written 路遙知馬力，日久見人心【lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn】
Characters in this word
10路
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Lu
- Pinyin
- Lù
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 725 of 2500
遥
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(bound form) distant; remote; far away
- Pinyin
- yáo
- Traditional
- 遙
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 38653 of 2500
知
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to know, to be aware
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3344 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
力
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surname Li
- Pinyin
- Lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4891 of 2500
日
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(bound form) sun, day, day of the month, (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]), (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- Pinyin
- rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 723 of 2500
久
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(of a period of time) long
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1014 of 2500
见
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to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 見
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 278 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
心
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500