听其言而观其行
tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíngtingqiyanerguanqixing
- hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíngtingqiyanerguanqixing
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