多聽不多言, 裡外人不嫌。

He that hears much and speaks not at all shall be welcome both in bower and hall.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 多 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
2 聽 tīng
  1. to listen to; to hear
  2. to heed; to obey
  3. a can (loanword from English "tin")
  4. classifier for canned beverages
  5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. tìng)
  6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. tìng)
3 不多 bùduō not many; not much
4 言 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk
5 裡外 lǐwài
  1. inside and out
  2. or so
6 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位
7 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
8 嫌 xián
  1. to dislike
  2. suspicion
  3. resentment
  4. enmity
  5. abbr. for 嫌犯 xiánfàn, criminal suspect