百聞不如一見 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn

seeing is believing

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
百 bǎi HSK 2
hundred; numerous; all kinds of
聞 wén
to hear; to smell; news
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
如 rú HSK 3
as; such as; as if
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
見 jiàn
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)