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百闻不如一见

bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn

6-character word Traditional 百聞不如一見

What 百闻不如一见 means

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

The characters in 百闻不如一见

• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 闻wénto hear; news; well-known
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)

Example sentences

• 百闻不如一见。
  Bǎiwénbùrúyījiàn.
  A picture is worth a thousand words.