Lingaku- seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
- seeing is believing
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- seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom)
This idiom emphasizes the idea that direct experience is more valuable and convincing than secondhand information or hearsay.
yǒu rén有人shuì说zhè这fú幅huà画hěn很Měi美，dàn但wǒ我jué de觉得bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn百闻不如一见，qīn zì亲自qù去kàn kan看看cái才zhī dào知道。
Some say this painting is beautiful, but I think seeing is believing; I need to see it myself to know.
suī rán虽然tā他miáo shù描述le了lǚ xíng旅行de的qù shì趣事，wǒ我hái shi还是jué de觉得bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn百闻不如一见，bì xū必须qīn zì亲自qù去gǎn shòu感受。
Although he described the fun stories from his trip, I still feel that seeing is believing; I must experience it myself.
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bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn百闻不如一见seeing is believingyī jiàn zhōng qíng一见钟情love at first sightyǎn jiàn wéi shí眼见为实seeing is believingbǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn百闻不如一见de的dào li道理the principle that seeing is believingyī jiàn rú gù一见如故feel like meeting a friend again after a long timeqīn yǎn亲眼jiàn zhèng见证witnessing firsthandjiàn miàn见面shuō huà说话talking face to faceqīn shēn亲身tǐ yàn体验personal experiencexiān jiàn zhī míng先见之明foresightjiàn dào见到shí jì实际xiào guǒ效果seeing the actual effect