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人不可貌相

rén bù kě mào xiàng

5-character word

What 人不可貌相 means

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|rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng}

The characters in 人不可貌相

• 人rénperson; people
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 貌mào(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually

Example sentences

• 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
  You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot.
• 在中国有一种说法：人不可貌相。
  In China, there's a saying that you can't judge a person by appearance.

Words starting with 人不可貌相

• 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liángyou can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot…