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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 人不可貌相
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 65,986 | 35,566 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 可 | kě | - (prefix) can; may; able to; -able - to approve; to permit - to suit - (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very - but; however |
| 可 | kè | - used in 可汗[ke4 han2] |
| 貌 | mào | - appearance |
| 相 | xiāng | - surname Xiang |
| 相 | xiāng | - each other - one another - mutually - fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3]) |
| 相 | xiàng | - appearance - portrait - picture - government minister - (physics) phase - (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) - to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
Other Words Containing 人不可貌相
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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