人不可貌相,海水不可斗量

rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng · ren bu ke mao xiang , hai shui bu ke dou liang

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  1. you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)

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