百闻不如一见 in English bai3 wen2 bu4 ru2 yi1 jian4 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

百 闻 不 如 一 见

Traditional Characters

百 聞 不 如 一 見

Pinyin

bai3 wen2 bu4 ru2 yi1 jian4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

百bai3surname Bai 闻wen2surname Wen 不bu4(negative prefix) 如ru2as 一yi1one 见jian4to see