百闻不如一见 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn

seeing is believing

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 56144th word

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
闻 wén HSK 3
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
见 jiàn HSK 1
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)