眼见为实，耳听为虚
yǎn​jiàn​wéi​shí'ěr​tīng​wéi​xū

seeing is believing

  1. 眼见为实 眼見為實 yǎn​jiàn​wéi​shí
    seeing is believing
    seeing is believing; what one sees with one's own eyes is true
  2. ， ěr
    non-Chinese
  3. 耳 ěr noun
    to hear
    (literary) to hear; to listen to; to hear of
  4. 听 聽 tīng verb
    to listen
    to listen; to use the ears to receive sound
  5. 为 為 wéi verbpreposition
    to be
    to be; to become; to act as; to serve as; to take as
  6. 虚 虛 xū adjectivenoun
    false
    (bound form) false; fake; sham; artificial; imaginary