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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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Definitions

  1. 1. 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，海水不可斗量

斗
dòu

to fight

海水
hǎi shuǐ

seawater

不
bù

no; not so

水
shuǐ

water

不可
bù kě

cannot; should not; must not

貌相
mào xiàng

to judge a person by appearances

量
liàng

capacity

可
kě

can

相
xiàng

appearance

人
rén

person; people

量
liáng

to measure

貌
mào

appearance

相
xiāng

each other

海
hǎi

ocean

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]

人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng

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