人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 [－－－－－－－－－－－－]

Jyutping jan4 bat1 ho2 maau6 soeng3 , hoi2 seoi2 bat1 ho2 dau2 loeng6
Pinyin rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. 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.