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耳闻不如目见

ěr wén bù rú mù jiàn

6-character word Traditional 耳聞不如目見

What 耳闻不如目见 means

1. seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others

The characters in 耳闻不如目见

• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 闻wénto hear; news; well-known
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)