路遥知马力，日久见人心

路遥知马力，日久见人心

Literally means:

as distance tests a horse's strength, time reveals a person's heart

Actually means:

遥 means distant. The phrase means that it takes a long journey to gauge the stamina of a horse and a long time to know the heart of a person. It figura tivelymeans that time can prove the nature of a person. 路遥知马力 and 日久见人心 can both be used independently, each indicating that only through long-term association and contact can we know whether a person is good or not.

遥，遥远。路遥知马力日久见人心，指路程很远才可以知道马的脚力如何，相处时间长了才可以知道人心好坏。比能够考验一个人的为人如何。“路遥知马力”和“日久见人心”可以拆开单独使用，都可以指只有通过长久交往或接触才能了解一个人的好坏。