"лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать" meaning in Russian

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            "2": "ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ ნანახი ჯობიაო",
            "clq": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ ნანახი ჯობიაო (asǯer gagonils ertxel nanaxi ǯobiao) (calque)",
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      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ ნანახი ჯობიაო (asǯer gagonils ertxel nanaxi ǯobiao) (calque)"
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      "args": {
        "1": "百聞不如一見",
        "2": "it's better to see once than hear a hundred times"
      },
      "expansion": "百聞不如一見／百闻不如一见 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn, “it's better to see once than hear a hundred times”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Since the 1950s; Calque from Chinese 百聞不如一見／百闻不如一见 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn, “it's better to see once than hear a hundred times”).",
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    {
      "form": "лу́чше оди́н раз уви́деть",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "чем сто раз услы́шать",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúčše odín raz uvídetʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "čem sto raz uslýšatʹ",
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        "romanization"
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      },
      "expansion": "лу́чше оди́н раз уви́деть, чем сто раз услы́шать • (lúčše odín raz uvídetʹ, čem sto raz uslýšatʹ)",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "proverb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "91 9",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a picture is worth a thousand words"
      ],
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          "a picture is worth a thousand words",
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        "seeing is believing"
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        [
          "seeing is believing",
          "seeing is believing"
        ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫut͡ʂʂɨ ɐˈdʲin ras ʊˈvʲidʲɪtʲ t͡ɕem ˈsto ras ʊsˈɫɨʂətʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать"
}

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          "expansion": "→ Georgian: ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ ნანახი ჯობიაო (asǯer gagonils ertxel nanaxi ǯobiao) (calque)",
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      "text": "→ Georgian: ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ ნანახი ჯობიაო (asǯer gagonils ertxel nanaxi ǯobiao) (calque)"
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        "1": "百聞不如一見",
        "2": "it's better to see once than hear a hundred times"
      },
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  "etymology_text": "Since the 1950s; Calque from Chinese 百聞不如一見／百闻不如一见 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn, “it's better to see once than hear a hundred times”).",
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      "form": "лу́чше оди́н раз уви́деть",
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    {
      "form": "чем сто раз услы́шать",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    {
      "form": "lúčše odín raz uvídetʹ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "čem sto raz uslýšatʹ",
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        "romanization"
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      },
      "expansion": "лу́чше оди́н раз уви́деть, чем сто раз услы́шать • (lúčše odín raz uvídetʹ, čem sto raz uslýšatʹ)",
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        "a picture is worth a thousand words"
      ],
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        [
          "a picture is worth a thousand words",
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        "seeing is believing"
      ],
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        [
          "seeing is believing",
          "seeing is believing"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫut͡ʂʂɨ ɐˈdʲin ras ʊˈvʲidʲɪtʲ t͡ɕem ˈsto ras ʊsˈɫɨʂətʲ]"
    }
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