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

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• 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
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁶ jiu⁴ zi¹ maa⁵ lik⁶, jat⁶ gau² gin³ jan⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: louh yìuh jī máh lihk, yaht gáu gin yàhn sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁶ jiu⁴ dzi¹ maa⁵ lik⁹, jat⁹ gau² gin³ jan⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁶ yiu⁴ ji¹ ma⁵ lig⁶, yed⁶ geo² gin³ yen⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²² jiːu̯²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ maː¹³ lɪk̚² jɐt̚² kɐu̯³⁵ kiːn³³ jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

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

• 路遙知馬力，事久見人心／路遥知马力，事久见人心 (lùyáozhīmǎlì, shìjiǔjiànrénxīn)