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百聞不如一見
baak3 man4 bat1 jyu4 jat1 gin3 |
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seeing is believing; a picture is worth a thousand words [literal] It's better to see sth once for yourself than to hear about it a hundred times Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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百聞不如一見 / 百闻不如一见 | ||
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Characters in this word:百 baak3 - hundred聞 man4 man6 - hear; smell; news 不 bat1 - not; no; un- 如 jyu4 - if, as if, like, equal to 一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little 見 gin3 jin6 - see; meet; view; show evidence of |
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