瓜好吃不讲老嫩，人对眼不讲丑俊瓜好吃不講老嫩，人對眼不講醜俊瓜好吃不講老嫩，人對眼不講醜俊

if a melon tastes good you don't mind if it's ripe or young; if someone catches your eye you don't mind plain or pretty

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: When you really like someone, looks don't matter. Close to 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'.

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Simplified: 瓜好吃不讲老嫩，人对眼不讲丑俊
Traditional (Taiwan): 瓜好吃不講老嫩，人對眼不講醜俊
Pinyin: guā hǎochī bù jiǎng lǎo nèn, rén duì yǎn bù jiǎng chǒu jùn
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨㄚㄏㄠˇ ㄔㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄋㄣˋ，ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄔㄡˇ ㄐㄩㄣˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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