Zhī rén, zhī miàn; bù zhī xīn.*

Lit [To] know people [is to] know [their] faces, [but] not [to] know [their] hearts.

Fig It is easy to know people's faces, but not to know what is in their minds.

Note [Cf. Jīn Píng Méi (JPM), chap. 51; DRC, chap. 94; also said zhī rén, zhī miàn; zén zhī qí xīn; see also hǎi kū zhōng jiàn and huà lóng, huà hǔ and suī yǒu qīn fù above.]

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