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貌相

mào xiàng

2-character word

What 貌相 means

1. appearance (esp. superficial)
2. looks
3. to judge a person by appearances

The characters in 貌相

• 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 containing 貌相

• 人不可貌相rén bù kě mào xiàngyou can't judge a person by appearance (idiom); you can't judge a book by its cover…
• 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…