人不可貌相
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom); you can't judge a book by its cover; often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
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- (idiom) you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
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人不可貌相，海水不可斗量(rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng)· you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
→牝牡骊黄(pìn mǔ lí huáng)· a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
→海水不可斗量(hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng)· see 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
→口头禅(kǒu tóu chán)· Zen saying repeated as cant
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