人不可貌相 rén bù kě mào xiàng

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2. often in combination 人不可貌相,hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
  3. 3. you can't judge a book by its cover

Characters

Character Meaning
person; people; man
not; no; (negative prefix)
can; may; able to
appearance
each other; one another; mutually