人不可貌相

rén bù kě mào xiàng

Dictionary entry

you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)

What does 人不可貌相 mean?

人不可貌相 (rén bù kě mào xiàng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)

2you can't judge a book by its cover

3often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]

Character breakdown

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人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able · to approve; to permit 貌mào(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form 相Xiāngsurname Xiang

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人不可貌相

rén bù kě mào xiàng

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