人不可貌相
rénbùkěmàoxiàng
ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
- 1you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
- 2you can't judge a book by its cover
- 3often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
Example
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量。
rénbùkěmàoxiàng hǎishuǐbùkědǒuliáng
You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot.