| 百闻不如一见 |
bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn |
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing |
| 百 |
Bǎi |
surname Bai |
| 百 |
bǎi |
hundred / numerous / all kinds of |
| 闻 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 闻 |
wén |
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不如 |
bù rú |
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 如一 |
rú yī |
consistent / the same / unvarying |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 见 |
jiàn |
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view |
| 见 |
xiàn |
to appear / also written 现 |