人不可貌相
Traditional form:
人不可貌相
Pinyin (reading):
rénbùkěmàoxiàng
Definitions:
- 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 (rénbùkěmàoxiàng,hǎishuǐbùkědǒuliáng)
Characters:
- 人 - man, person; people
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
- 貌 - countenance, appearance
- 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
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