百闻不如一见百聞不如一見

bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn

Meaning

seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others; seeing is believing

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Characters

百bǎione hundred; numerous, many一白闻wénnews; to hear, to smell; to make known门耳不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing女口一yīone; a, an; alone 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear冂儿

Examples

百闻不如一见。

Bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn.

A picture is worth a thousand words.