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)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
person; people; man
not; no; (negative prefix)
can; may; able to
appearance
each other; one another; mutually
ocean; sea; great number of people or things
water; liquid; beverage
not; no; (negative prefix)
can; may; able to
to fight; to contend; to struggle
quantity; amount; capacity