耳听为虚，眼见为实 (耳聽為虛，眼見為實)
ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí
Pinyin

Definition

耳听为虚，眼见为实 (耳聽為虛，眼見為實)
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ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí
  1. Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
  2. It ain't necessarily so.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

眼
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 classifier: 只 zhī
  5. 5 classifier: 双 shuāng
  6. 6 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
眼光
yǎn guāng
  1. 1 gaze
  2. 2 insight
  3. 3 foresight
  4. 4 vision
  5. 5 way of looking at things
眼前
yǎn qián
  1. 1 before one's eyes
  2. 2 now
  3. 3 at present
眼泪
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 classifier: 滴 dī
眼睛
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 双 shuāng

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)