知人知面不知心zhī ré zhī miàn bù zhī xīn

one can know a man’s face,but not his heart; one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature; you can know a man well but still not know what’s going on in his mind; appearances are certainly deceptive.
❍ 凤姐儿故意把脚放迟了，见他去远了，心里暗忖道： “这样 ‘～’ 呢。那里有这样禽兽的人？……” (《红楼梦》133) ‘What an odious creature!’ she thought to herself when there was some distance between them. ‘Appearances certainly are deceptive!Who would have guessed he was that sort of person?…’/～，别说是谭招弟啦，就是亲生的姐妹，要是她没有良心，还不是照样的骂人。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—289)However well you know a person you can’t be sure what’s going on in their mind. One’s own sister would run one down the same as anyone else if she had no conscience,let alone Tan Zhaodi.
❍ 她叹了口气，沉一沉，狠狠地皱着眉头盯着道静。“知人知面难知心呀！……”(杨沫《青春之歌》278) She sighed and was silent for a moment. Then her face hardened.“It’s certainly impossible to judge a man’s heart from his face! …”/庄桂兰看见她那样忿怒，不好再细问下去，只是小声感叹地说说：“真是～呵！”(艾芜《百炼成钢》325)Seeing Yufen in such a mood,Zhuang Guilan did not dare to ask any more but only sighed softly:“It’s true—sometimes you can know a person by his appearance,but you can’t know his heart!”/“～”，谁知道。到局里去罢。(鲁迅《故事新编》126) That’s hard to say. “We know men’s faces,not their hearts。” Come along to the police station.
❍ 很难说，～！ (吴强《红日》429) I wouldn’t be too sure. You can know a man well but still not know what’s going on in his mind.
❍ 凤姐回道：“咱们家人多手杂，自古说的，‘～’，那里保的住谁是好的？” (《红楼梦》1230) “Our household’s so big,it’s a mixed lot，”Xifeng answered.“As the proverb says,you can’t judge by appearances,madam. Who can guarantee that everyone here is honest? …”

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