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[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]

CHARACTERS

人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
可 kě
HSK 2
may, can, -able; possibly
貌 mào
HSK 4
countenance, appearance
相 xiàng
HSK 3
mutual, reciprocal, each other