created sense approved 冰炭不言，冷热自明/冰炭不言，冷熱自明 · bīngtànbùyánlěngrèzìmíng · sincerity is not expressed in words — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
冰炭不言，冷热自明 / 冰炭不言，冷熱自明
bīngtànbùyánlěngrèzìmíng
sincerity is not expressed in words
ice and coal do not speak, yet it is obvious which is cold and which is hot; means that one's true nature or sincerity is apparent without needing to be stated
冰炭 (literal) → 冰炭 · bīngtàn · ice and charcoal 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say ， (non_chinese) 冷热 (literal) → 冷热/冷熱 · lěngrè · hot and cold 自 (literal) → 自 · zì · naturally 明 (literal) → 明 · míng · clear
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition