路遥知马力，日久见人心

Traditional: 路遙知馬力，日久見人心

lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn

Dictionary entry

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

What does 路遥知马力，日久见人心 mean?

路遥知马力，日久见人心 (lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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路Lùsurname Lu 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away 知zhīto know · to be aware 马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]力Lìsurname Li 日rì(bound form) sun · day 久jiǔ(of a period of time) long 见jiànto see · to meet

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路遥知马力，日久见人心

lù yáo zhī mǎ lì , rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn

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