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看人行事

Mandarin · pinyin kàn rén xíng shì

to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)

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看: kàn · look, see; examine, scrutinize
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

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4–2–2–4 · kan4 ren2 xing2 shi4

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hon3 jan4 hang4 si6

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