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

seeing is believing

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

    耳听为虚，眼见为实 / 耳聽為虛，眼見為實

    ěr​tīng​wéi​xū​yǎn​jiàn​wéi​shí

    seeing is believing

    hearsay may be false, but what you see with your own eyes is true; you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing

    耳 (literal) → 耳 · ěr · ear 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 虚 (literal) → 虚/虛 · xū · false ， (non_chinese) 眼 (literal) → 眼 · yǎn · eye 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 实 (literal) → 实/實 · shí · real

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

    created sense