人心隔肚皮 (jan4 sam1 gaak3 tou5 pei4 | ren2 xin1 ge2 du4 pi2) : it's hard to really know sb; it's hard to know sb. true nature

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人心隔肚皮

jan4 sam1 gaak3 tou5 pei4

ren2 xin1 ge2 du4 pi2

it's hard to really know sb; it's hard to know sb. true nature [also] 知人知面不知心 or 知人口面不知心

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

人心隔肚皮

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人 jan4 - person; human being
心 sam1 - heart
隔 gaak3 - separate; divide; cut off
肚 tou5 - belly; stomach
皮 pei4 pei4*2 - skin; leather; wrapper; naughty; buck

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