看人行事 — Chinese idiom
看人行事
kàn rén xíng shì
Meaning
- to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them
Character by character
- 看kànto look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
- 人rénman, person; people
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
Idioms sharing a character
- 一眼看穿 yī yǎn kàn chuān
- 看家本领 kān jiā běn lǐng
- 看破红尘 kàn pò hóng chén
- 看菜吃饭 kàn cài chī fàn
- 走马看花 zǒu mǎ kàn huā
- 雾里看花 wù lǐ kàn huā
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
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