分辨一个人是好人还是坏人不能仅凭外表。

We cannot tell a good person from a bad one by looks alone.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 分辨 fēnbiàn
  1. to distinguish; to differentiate
  2. to resolve
2 一个人 yīgèrén
  1. by oneself (without assistance)
  2. alone (without company)
=3 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 是 shì variant of 是 shì
4 好人 hǎorén
  1. good person
  2. healthy person
  3. person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
=5 还是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
=5 还是 háishì
  1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
  2. nevertheless; yet
  3. or
  4. still
6 坏人 huàirén
  1. bad person
  2. villain
7 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
8 仅 jǐn
  1. barely
  2. only
  3. merely
=9 凭 píng variant of 凭 píng
=9 凭 píng
  1. to lean against
  2. to rely on
  3. on the basis of
  4. no matter (how, what etc)
  5. proof
10 外表 wàibiǎo
  1. external
  2. outside
  3. outward appearance