耳闻不如目见

Traditional form:

耳聞不如目見

Pinyin (reading):

ěrwénbùrúmùjiàn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 耳 - ear; to hear, to hear of; handle
• 闻 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 目 - eye; to look, to see; division, topic
• 见 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear

Traditional characters:

• 耳 - ear; to hear, to hear of; handle
• 聞 - news; to hear, to smell; to make known
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 目 - eye; to look, to see; division, topic
• 見 - to see, to observe, to meet, to appear