he who knows does not speak

he who knows does not speak

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á nzh ě f ú zh ī, which means that people who speak a lot lack intelligence. From Laozi.

The origin of Idioms

Laozi: "those who know don't speak, those who speak don't know." He Shanggong's note: "a wise man is good at doing, but not good at speaking. If you can't wait to talk, you'll have more trouble. " One is "the speaker knows everything.".

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.