百聞不如一見 Chinese English dictionary 百聞不如一見 translate 百聞不如一見 pinyin

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Pīnyīn

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百聞不如一見

bǎiwénbùrúyījiàn

*百聞…一見* | 百聞…一見* | *百聞…一見

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

百闻不如一见

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Tot Str
Rad / Str

Mandarin
Pīnyīn

Unihan Definition

standalone and in compounds

Jyutping
Cantonese

Variant

Four corner

Cangjie

百

*百* | 百* | *百

6画

白 + 1

bǎi, bó, mò

one hundred; numerous, many

baak3

1060.0

聞

*聞* | 聞* | *聞

14画

耳 + 8

wén, wèn

hear; smell; make known; news

man4, man6

闻

7740.1

ANSJ

不

*不* | 不* | *不

4画

一 + 3

bù, fǒu, fōu

no, not; un-; negative prefix

bat1, fau2

1090.0

如

*如* | 如* | *如

6画

女 + 3

rú

if, supposing; as if; like, as

jyu4

4640.0

一

*一* | 一* | *一

1画

一 + 0

yī

one; a, an; alone

jat1

1000.0

見

*見* | 見* | *見

7画

見 + 0

jiàn, xiàn

see, observe, behold; perceive

gin3, jin6

见

6021.0

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Traditional

English Definition

百聞不如一見

bǎiwénbùrúyījiàn

*百聞…一見* | 百聞…一見* | *百聞…一見

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

百

Bǎi

*百* | 百* | *百

surname Bai

百

bǎi

*百* | 百* | *百

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

　聞

　Wén

*聞* | 聞* | *聞

surname Wen

　聞

　wén

*聞* | 聞* | *聞

to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

　　不

　　bù

*不* | 不* | *不

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

　　不如

　　bùrú

*不如* | 不如* | *不如

not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to

　　　如

　　　rú

*如* | 如* | *如

as / as if / such as

　　　如一

　　　rúyī

*如一* | 如一* | *如一

consistent / the same / unvarying

　　　　一

　　　　yī

*一* | 一* | *一

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

　　　　　見

　　　　　jiàn

*見* | 見* | *見

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

　　　　　見

　　　　　xiàn

*見* | 見* | *見

to appear / also written 現｜现