不識廬山真面目

See also: 不识庐山真面目

Chinese

		to fail to see; not to know; not to appreciate	Mount Lu	true features; true identity; true colors
trad. (不識廬山真面目)		不識	廬山	真面目
simp. (不识庐山真面目)		不识	庐山	真面目
Literally: “to be unable to recognize the true face of Mount Lu”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù, bùshì Lúshān zhēnmiànmù

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄢㄓㄣㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄢㄓㄣㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ sik¹ lou⁴ saan¹ zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄢㄓㄣㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushy Lushan jenmiannmuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ lu³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùshì Lúshān zhēnmiànmù [Phonetic: búshì Lúshān zhēnmiànmù]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄌㄨˊ ㄕㄢㄓㄣㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushyh Lushan jenmiannmuh
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ lu³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ sik¹ lou⁴ saan¹ zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶
  - Yale: bāt sīk lòuh sāan jān mihn muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ sik⁷ lou⁴ saan¹ dzan¹ min⁶ muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ xig¹ lou⁴ san¹ zen¹ min⁶ mug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ lou̯²¹ säːn⁵⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ miːn²² mʊk̚²/

Idiom

不識廬山真面目

to not recognize someone when you see them (despite the fact that you should know who the person is)

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