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

seeing is believing

  • created sense approved 眼见为实，耳听为虚/眼見為實，耳聽為虛 · yǎn​jiàn​wéi​shí'ěr​tīng​wéi​xū · seeing is believing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼见为实，耳听为虚 / 眼見為實，耳聽為虛

    yǎn​jiàn​wéi​shí'ěr​tīng​wéi​xū

    seeing is believing

    Don't believe what people tell you until you see it for yourself; trust what you see with your own eyes over what you hear from others.

    眼见为实 (literal) → 眼见为实/眼見為實 · yǎn​jiàn​wéi​shí · seeing is believing ， (non_chinese) 耳 (literal) → 耳 · ěr · to hear 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 虚 (literal) → 虚/虛 · xū · false

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

    created sense