"百聞は一見に如かず" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Japanese]

IPA: [çja̠kɯᵝbɯ̃ᵝ(ŋ) ɰᵝa̠ ik̚kẽn nʲi ɕika̠d͡zɯᵝ] Forms: 百聞は一見に如かず [canonical] (ruby: (ひゃく), (ぶん), (いっ), (けん), ()), hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu [romanization]
Etymology: Calque of Literary Chinese 百聞不如一見 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn, literally “Hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once”). From the Book of Han. Etymology templates: {{cal|ja|lzh|百聞不如一見|lit=Hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once|sort=ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず}} Calque of Literary Chinese 百聞不如一見 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn, literally “Hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|ひゃくぶん は いっけん に しかず|head=百聞は一見に如かず}} 百(ひゃく)聞(ぶん)は一(いっ)見(けん)に如(し)かず • (hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu)
  1. you understand better by seeing for yourself than hearing about it, seeing is believing Wikipedia link: Book of Han Tags: idiomatic

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