相
xiàng
Meaning
- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- phase
- to read someone's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry and so on)
- to appraise (especially by scrutinizing physical features)
Example sentences
别吃得那么快，什么吃相！
別喫得那麼快，什麼喫相！
bié chī dé nà me kuài， shén me chī xiàng！
Don't eat so fast, what kind of table manners are those!
在中国有一种说法：人不可貌相。
在中國有一種說法：人不可貌相。
zài zhōng guó yǒu yī zhǒng shuō fǎ： rén bù kě mào xiàng。
There is a saying in China: You can't judge a book by its cover.
俗话说：人不可貌相，海水不可斗量；可俗话又说：人靠衣裳马靠鞍！
俗話說：人不可貌相，海水不可斗量；可俗話又說：人靠衣裳馬靠鞍！
sú huà shuō： rén bù kě mào xiàng， hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng； kě sú huà yòu shuō： rén kào yī shang mǎ kào ān！
"As the saying goes, ""You can't judge a book by its cover,"" and ""You can't measure the sea with a bushel."" But another saying goes, ""Clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse."""