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耳聞不如目見
ěr wén bù rú mù jiàn
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seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others
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耳聞目睹
ěr wén mù dǔ
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to witness personally
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聞一多
wén yī duō
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Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming
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聞一知十
wén yī zhī shí
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lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything;
a word to the wise
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聞上去
wén shàng qù
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to smell of sth;
to smell like sth
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聞人
wén rén
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famous person
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聞出
wén chū
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to identify by smell;
to detect a scent;
to sniff out
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聞到
wén dào
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to smell;
to sniff sth out;
to perceive by smelling
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聞名
wén míng
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well-known;
famous;
renowned;
eminent
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聞名不如見面
wén míng bù rú jiàn miàn
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knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
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聞名於世
wén míng yú shì
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world-famous
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聞名遐邇
wén míng xiá ěr
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to be famous far and wide (idiom)
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聞喜
wén xǐ
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Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi
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聞喜縣
wén xǐ xiàn
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Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[Yun4 cheng2], Shanxi
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聞悉
wén xī
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to hear (about sth)
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聞所未聞
wén suǒ wèi wén
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unheard of;
an extremely rare and unprecedented event
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聞見
wén jiàn
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to smell;
to hear;
knowledge;
information
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聞言
wén yán
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to have heard what was said
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聞訊
wén xùn
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to receive news (of)
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聞診
wén zhěn
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(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3]
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聞過則喜
wén guò zé xǐ
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to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.);
to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
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聞達
wén dá
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illustrious and influential;
well-known
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聞雞起舞
wén jī qǐ wǔ
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to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom);
to be diligent in one's studies
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聞風先遁
wén fēng xiān dùn
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to flee at hearing the news (idiom)
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聞風喪膽
wén fēng sàng dǎn
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hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
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