The sea is not measurable(hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng)

The sea is not measurable

You can't measure sea water with a bucket. Don't underestimate someone's future based on their current situation.

Idiom information

[idiom]: sea water can not be measured by a bucket [Pinyin]: H ǎ ishu ǐ B ù K ě D ǒ Uli á ng [explanation]: sea water can not be measured by a bucket. Don't underestimate someone's future based on their current situation. [source]: 1. Huainanzi Taizu Xun: "the Taishan mountain can't be measured, the river and the sea can't be fought." 2. Don't look like a person. Think of it: "you can't judge a person by his appearance, and you can't measure the sea!" Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan Volume 3 [example]: ordinary people can't be superficial, and the sea can't be measured. The second part of Xiao weichi written by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty is a sentence of subject and predicate, which is used as subject and object, with commendatory meaning and often used with "people can't be judged by their appearance"

Idiom story

In ancient times, Qin Zhong, a peddler of oil, fell in love with the famous prostitute lady Huakui. Hua Kui also liked him very much. In order to raise ten taels of silver for a night's lodging, he tried his best to save money. Even the staff of the silver shop lamented that people can't judge their appearance, and the sea can't be measured. Later, Hua Kui jumped out of the brothel and married Qin Zhong. They loved each other all their life.

Examples of Idioms

He said, "you can't judge a man by his appearance. You can't measure the sea." Liu e's Travels of Lao can in Qing Dynasty (Chapter 13)

Related idioms

Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty wrote Xingshi Hengyan, the oil seller monopolizes Huakui: "you can't judge a person by his appearance, and you can't measure the sea water. In physiognomy, we should not only look at appearance, but also examine moral conduct, that is, Xiangxin and Xiangde. "Pure Yang Xiang Fa" says: "it's hard to be accepted if you don't show up (ugly appearance). "Note:" Hu sengyun: don't worry about the appearance, Bai Bi Pu in Tibet. If you can know that there are evils in beauty and beauty in evils, you will find that the art of Xiangshu is not less than that of gubuziqing. "That is to say, a good physiologist doesn't judge people by their appearance, but is good at discovering the beauty of PU. "Guiguzi's differentiation of micro awn" also says: "holding on to the form and discussing the form, we can see the leopard from the perspective. It is also a good thing to see and hear in silence. "Han Feizi · Xianxue" said: "tantaiziyu is a gentleman's face. Zhongni took it from a few years ago, and lived with him for a long time Therefore, Confucius said: "it's better to judge a person by his appearance than to lose his son." the saying that Confucius made mistakes by looking at a person's appearance is often cited by later physiologists as an example that appearance must be combined with virtue.

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