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Home / Word / 耳听为虚，眼见为实

(idiom) what one hears may be unreliable, but what one sees is true; seeing is believing

耳听为虚，眼见为实
ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí
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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bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn