海水不可斗量 hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng

do not judge by looks; do not underestimate

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. see 人不可貌相rén bù kě mào xiàng，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]

Characters

Character Meaning
海 hǎi HSK 4
ocean; sea; great number of people or things
水 shuǐ HSK 1
water; liquid; beverage
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
可 kě HSK 2
can; may; able to
斗 dǒu HSK 5
to fight; to contend; to struggle
量 liáng HSK 4
quantity; amount; capacity