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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

12-character word

What 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 means

1. you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)

The characters in 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

• 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
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 斗dòuto fight; to struggle; to condemn
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount

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.