ěr​wén​bù​rú​mù​jiàn

seeing is believing

  • created reference approved 耳闻不如目见/耳聞不如目見 → 耳闻目睹/耳聞目睹 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    耳闻不如目见 / 耳聞不如目見 ěr​wén​bù​rú​mù​jiàn

    耳闻目睹 / 耳聞目睹 ěr​wén​mù​dǔ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 耳闻不如目见/耳聞不如目見 → 百闻不如一见/百聞不如一見 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    耳闻不如目见 / 耳聞不如目見 ěr​wén​bù​rú​mù​jiàn

    百闻不如一见 / 百聞不如一見 bǎi​wén​bù​rú​yī​jiàn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 耳闻不如目见/耳聞不如目見 · ěr​wén​bù​rú​mù​jiàn · seeing is believing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    耳闻不如目见 / 耳聞不如目見

    ěr​wén​bù​rú​mù​jiàn

    seeing is believing

    seeing something for oneself is better than hearing about it from others; firsthand experience is more reliable than hearsay

    耳 (literal) → 耳 · ěr · ear 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · not as good as 目 (literal) → 目 · mù · eye 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see

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

    created sense