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不识庐山真面目

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不识……的庐山真面目
2
真是不识庐山真面目
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让人不识庐山真面目

Definition

不识庐山真面目:

Literally means:

fail to see the true features of Lushan Mountain

Actually means:

庐山, one of the well-known mountains in China, is an attractive scenery resort in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province.

This phrase metaphorically means that one fails to see the truth of a matter mainly because one is involved in it. It also indicates that the true appearance of someone or something cannot be identified or traced.

庐山,中国名山之一,也是著名的风景区,位于江西省九江市。

不识庐山真面目,看不清庐山的真实面貌,比喻看不清事物的本质或真相。也指辨认不出人或物的本来样子。

Example

Used as a minor sentence or predicate. It can have other words in between. (作小句、谓语,中间可以加入别的词语)
1
qīn
母亲
wèishénme
为什么
lǎoshi
老是
wéi
子女
cāoxīn
操心
  
?
qián
以前
quèshí
确实
shíshānzhēnmiàn
不识庐山真面目
  
,
zhídào
直到
自己
dāng
le
qīn
母亲
hòu
以后
  
,
cái
zhīdào
知道
zhè
jiùshì
就是
ài
母爱
de
biǎoxiàn
表现
  

Why do mothers worry about their children all the time? Before I really did not know the true face of Lushan, until I be a mother, I did not know that this is the performance of maternal love.

2
Yǒuxiē
有些
rén
jīngcháng
经常
guāng
光顾
zhá
炸鸡
diàn
  
,
què
shí
zhá
炸鸡
de
shānzhēnmiàn
庐山真面目
  
,
zhīdào
知道
zhè
shì
利于
jiànkāng
健康
de
垃圾
shípǐn
食品
  

Some people often visit fried chicken shops, but do not know the true face of fried chicken Lushan, do not know that this is not conducive to healthy junk food.

3
Zài
jīnwǎn
今晚
de
huì
舞会
shàng
  
,
chuān
穿
le
jiàn
shǎnshǎn
闪闪
guāng
发光
de
shàng
上衣
tiáo
紫色
de
chángqún
长裙
  
,
tóufa
头发
rǎn
chéng
jīnhuáng
金黄
  
,
ràng
rén
shíshānzhēnmiàn
不识庐山真面目
  
,
wánquán
完全
rèn
chūlái
出来
  

At tonight's dance, she wore a glittering top and a long purple dress, and her hair was dyed golden, so that people didn't know the true face of Lushan and didn't recognize it at all.