See 知人知面不知心 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "know the person, know the face, but not know the heart",
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"one may know a person from the outside but may not understand their true nature"
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"id": "en-知人知面不知心-zh-proverb-f9zrzvkU",
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"synonyms": [
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"roman": "rénxīn gé dùpí",
"word": "人心隔肚皮"
},
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"word": "知人口面不知心"
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"word": "知人知面勿知心"
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"zh_pron": "zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ"
},
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"zh_pron": "zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jhih rén jhih miàn bù jhih sin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chih¹ jên² chih¹ mien⁴ pu⁴ chih¹ hsin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jr̄ rén jr̄ myàn bù jr̄ syīn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jy ren jy miann bu jy shin"
},
{
"roman": "čži žɛnʹ čži mjanʹ bu čži sinʹ",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чжи жэнь чжи мянь бу чжи синь"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
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"Hong Kong"
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"zh_pron": "zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹"
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"zh_pron": "jī yàhn jī mihn bāt jī sām"
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"zh_pron": "dzi¹ jan⁴ dzi¹ min⁶ bat⁷ dzi¹ sam¹"
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"zh_pron": "ji¹ yen⁴ ji¹ min⁶ bed¹ ji¹ sem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ miːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/",
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"zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
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"Hokkien",
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"zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "dy jiin dy bien pud dy sym"
},
{
"ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ biɛn³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/",
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"word": "知人知面不知心"
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"zh_pron": "zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn"
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"zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ"
},
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"tags": [
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"zh_pron": "zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹"
},
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"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
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"zh_pron": "zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jhih rén jhih miàn bù jhih sin"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chih¹ jên² chih¹ mien⁴ pu⁴ chih¹ hsin¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jr̄ rén jr̄ myàn bù jr̄ syīn"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jy ren jy miann bu jy shin"
},
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"roman": "čži žɛnʹ čži mjanʹ bu čži sinʹ",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "чжи жэнь чжи мянь бу чжи синь"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/",
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"Standard-Cantonese",
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"zh_pron": "zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹"
},
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"zh_pron": "jī yàhn jī mihn bāt jī sām"
},
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "dzi¹ jan⁴ dzi¹ min⁶ bat⁷ dzi¹ sam¹"
},
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"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "ji¹ yen⁴ ji¹ min⁶ bed¹ ji¹ sem¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ miːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/",
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]
},
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"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
},
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"Min-Nan",
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
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"zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
},
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"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh_pron": "dy jiin dy bien pud dy sym"
},
{
"ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ biɛn³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/",
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"General Taiwanese"
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"IPA",
"Kaohsiung"
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"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "rénxīn gé dùpí",
"word": "人心隔肚皮"
},
{
"word": "知人口面不知心"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"word": "知人知面勿知心"
}
],
"word": "知人知面不知心"
}
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