人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

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

释义

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

人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 的构成词

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 人 rén: person; people
• 可 kě: can
• 水 shuǐ: water
• 海 hǎi: ocean
• 海水 hǎi shuǐ: seawater
• 量 liáng: to measure
• 量 liàng: capacity
• 斗 dòu: to fight
• 不可 bù kě: cannot; should not; must not
• 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 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 xiāng: each other
• 相 xiàng: appearance
• 貌 mào: appearance
• 貌相 mào xiàng: to judge a person by appearances