百闻不如一见

Traditional form:

百聞不如一見

Pinyin (reading):

bǎiwénbùrúyījiàn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
• 闻 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear

Traditional characters:

• 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
• 聞 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 見 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear