百聞不如一見
bǎi​wén​bù​rú​yī​jiàn

seeing is believing

  • created sense approved 百闻不如一见/百聞不如一見 · bǎi​wén​bù​rú​yī​jiàn · seeing is believing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    百闻不如一见 / 百聞不如一見

    bǎi​wén​bù​rú​yī​jiàn

    seeing is believing

    seeing for oneself once is better than hearing about something a hundred times; firsthand experience is more reliable than hearsay

    bǎi​wén​bù​rú​yí​jiàn

    百 (literal) → 百 · bǎi · numerous 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · not as good as 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense