Lǘ bù zhī zì chǒu, hóu bù xián liǎn shòu.

驢不知自醜, 猴不嫌臉瘦。

Lit [A] donkey doesn't know [its] own ugliness, [and a] monkey doesn't worry about [its] thin face.

Fig People usually can't recognize their own shortcomings, and may even regard them as good points.

Note [Rhyme; compare Robert Burns: “Oh, the gift the gods would give us, to see ourselves as others see us”; see also dēngtái zhào rén and húli bù zhī above and niú bù zhī jiǎo wān and rén guàn shè jǐ guò below.]

Topics APPEARANCES Burns, Robert OBJECTIVITY SELF-KNOWLEDGE UGLINESS