"百聞は一見に如かず" meaning in Japanese

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        "lit": "Hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once"
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      "ipa": "[ça̠kɯ̟bɯ̟ɰ̃ β̞a̠ ik̚ke̞ɲ̟ ɲ̟i ɕika̠zɨ]"
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