耳闻不如目见
耳闻不如目见
ěr wén bù rú mù jiàn
seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others
Traditional: 耳聞不如目見
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- seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others
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Related Words
百闻不如一见(bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn)— seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
→上进(shàng jìn)— to make progress
→人比人，气死人(rén bǐ rén , qì sǐ rén)— constantly comparing oneself to others will only make one angry (proverb)
→占为己有(zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu)— to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
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