行胜于言,但并不是所有情况都是这样。

Action speaks louder than words, but not nearly as often.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 háng
  1. (bound form) row; line
  2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
  3. (bound form) commercial firm
  4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
  6. classifier for rows or lines
=1 héng used in 道行 dàohéng
=1 xíng
  1. (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
  2. (literary) trip; journey; visit
  3. (bound form) temporary; makeshift
  4. (bound form) current; in circulation
  5. (bound form) to do; to perform
  6. capable; competent
  7. all right; OK!; will do
  8. behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng)
  9. (literary) about to; soon
=1 hàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
  2. order; rank
  3. used in 樹行子树行子 (“row of trees”)
  4. used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
2 胜于 shèng to be better than; to be superior to
3 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk
4 dàn
  1. but; yet; however; still
  2. merely; only; just
5 并不 bìng not at all; by no means
=6 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=6 shì variant of shì
7 所有 suǒyǒu
  1. all
  2. to have; to possess; to own
8 情况 qíngkuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation

classifiers: ,

=9 surname Du
=9 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=9
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
=10 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=10 shì variant of shì
11 这样 zhèyàng
  1. this kind of
  2. so
  3. this way
  4. like this
  5. such