人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng

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

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Child Words of 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 人 人 rén: person; people
• 可 可 kě: can
• 水 水 shuǐ: water
• 海 海 hǎi: ocean
• 海水 海水 hǎi shuǐ: seawater
• 量 量 liáng: to measure
• 量 量 liàng: capacity
• 斗 斗 dòu: to fight
• 不可 不可 bù kě: cannot; should not; must not
• 人不可貌相 人不可貌相 rén bù kě mào xiàng: you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
• 海水不可斗量 海水不可斗量 hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng: see 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
• 相 相 xiāng: each other
• 相 相 xiàng: appearance
• 貌 貌 mào: appearance
• 貌相 貌相 mào xiàng: appearance (esp. superficial)