文如其人 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• the writing style mirrors the writer

Character by character

• 文wénculture, literature, writing
• 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
• 人rénman, person; people

Idioms sharing a character

• 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
• 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
• 不值一文 bù zhí yī wén
• 博文约礼 bó wén yuē lǐ
• 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
• 天文数字 tiān wén shù zì
• 奇文共赏 qí wén gòng shǎng
• 才兼文武 cái jiān wén wǔ
• 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
• 文人相轻 wén rén xiāng qīng

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