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路遥知马力，日久见人心

lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn

11-character word Traditional 路遙知馬力，日久見人心

What 路遥知马力，日久见人心 means

1. just as distance determines the stamina of a horse, so does time reveal a person's true heart (proverb)

The characters in 路遥知马力，日久见人心

• 路lùroad; journey; route
• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 力lìpower; force; strength
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 久jiǔ(of a period of time) long
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 人rénperson; people
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 路遥知马力，日久见人心。
  It's in times like these that the character of a person becomes apparent.