人不可貌相

You can's judge a book by it's cover

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ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4

you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom), you can't judge a book by its cover, often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

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人不可貌相

rén bù kě mào xiàng

Men cannot be judged by their looks.; Don't judge (of) a man by his looks.; You cannot judge a tree by its bark.

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人不可貌相|人不可貌相 [rén bù kě mào xiàng] ► you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) ► you can't judge a book by its cover ► often in combination ↑人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 [rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liàng]