Lingaku- a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
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- a book is not judged by its cover
This idiom suggests that one should not make judgments about something based purely on its outward appearance; deeper qualities are what truly matter.
Don't just look at the appearance; deeper qualities are what matter.
She has an ordinary appearance, but a book is not judged by its cover.
Generated collocations (experimental)
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng包子有肉不在褶上a book is not judged by its coverkān看rén人bù néng不能zhī只kān看biǎo miàn表面do not judge a person only by their appearancewài biǎo外表bìng bù并不dài biǎo代表nèi hán内涵appearance does not represent inner qualitiesbiǎo miàn表面guāng xiān光鲜surface brillianceBié别zhī只kān看biǎo xiàng表象do not only look at the surfacenèi zài内在cái才shì是zhēn zhèng真正de的jià zhí价值the inner self is the true valuewài biǎo外表bù不zhòng yào重要appearance is not importantgēn běn根本bù shì不是kān看liǎn脸de的Shí dài时代it's not an era of judging by lookschóng重zài在nèi hán内涵focus on substancezhēn shí真实gèng wéi更为zhòng yào重要truth is more important