人不可貌相

rén bù kě mào xiàng

Definitions

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]

Words Containing 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 liáng: you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)

Child Words of 人不可貌相

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 人 rén: person; people
• 可 kě: can
• 不可 bù kě: cannot; should not; must not
• 相 xiāng: each other
• 相 xiàng: appearance
• 貌 mào: appearance
• 貌相 mào xiàng: to judge a person by appearances