人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
Dictionary entry
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
What does 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 mean?
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 (rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
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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海Hǎisurname Hai水Shuǐsurname Shui · Shui ethnic group斗Dǒuabbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
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人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
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