人不可貌相 [－－－－－]

Jyutping jan4 bat1 ho2 maau6 soeng3
Pinyin rén bù kě mào xiàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 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]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    one cannot judge someone by his or her appearance; you can’t judge a book by its cover
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    在中国有一种说法：人不可貌相。
    在中國有一種説法：人不可貌相。
    zài zhōng guó yǒu yī zhǒng shuō fǎ ： rén bù kě mào xiàng 。
    • In China, there's a saying that you can't judge a person by appearance.
  2. Mandarin
    人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
    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.