Explanation: News: Listen. Heard a hundred times, not as witnessed a Usage: Predicate; as predicate; described as personal observation about things that really Source: Han Ban Gu, "Han Chong Zhao Guo-chuan": "Seeing is believing, soldiers are hard to over degrees, like Chi Zhi Chen Jincheng, the strategy map." Examples: Previous portrait master dwarfed lion-shaped system is the body with hair, I view the Lions is not so now it looks like, so ~. ("Empress Dowager Cixi Kingdoms" back to the 36th)
bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn
Listen to a hundred times better than see that seeing reliable than the ears
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I heard many times and one that is not
I heard many times less than one to see. Means heard is true, seeing is believing. "Han Chong Zhao Guo-chuan": "Seeing is believing, soldiers Bank 'degree of difficulty. Morrison is willing to Chizhi Jincheng, the strategy map." "The History of stereotypes Biography": "Regulation alone into saying:' soldiers are hard to distance degree , seeing is believing. Robinson try any of Shaanxi officials, in recent years has repeatedly went to Shaanxi and putting down redundant cowardly, fear not available. not as holy material. '"Tang Tang Chen" book review potential knowledge ":" If the military forces of Road, non-physical in the military, although other colors Sophia like every other barrier, twenty years before 'seeing is believing'. "Jiang Zilong," manager Joe took note ":" Comrade Qiao Shi two generals on the industrial front, it back really seeing is believing. "
Story during the Western Han Xuan, Qiang invasion boundary. Siege wins, the burning and looting. Xuan called giant group reconsidered and asked who is willing to lead the troops to go to keep the enemy. 76-year veteran Chong Zhao State, he played at the border and the Qiang people's dealings for decades. He volunteered to play in this task. Xuan asked him how much to send military forces, he said: "listen to people talk about a hundred times, as witnessed at first. Military forces is very difficult calculations in remote locations good. I am willing to personally go there to see, and then determine the offensive and defensive plans , draw a good operational maps, memorial of His Majesty again. "Xuan agreed upon, Zhao led a team of people filled the country of departure. Team crossed the Yellow River, Qiang into small groups of experienced troops. Zhao ordered to charge the impact of the country, once caught a lot of prisoners. Soldiers are preparing to win the national charge to block Zhao said: "This army travel a long way, not far from recovery if the enemy soldiers were ambushed, would suffer a great deal!" Men listened, his eyes are seen wear. Chong Zhao country observed the terrain, and from enemy prisoners of war say that the internal situation, understand the enemy's deployment of troops, then stationed themselves to develop a guard, border rectification, disintegrating the Qiang people's strategy, memorial Xuan. Soon, the court would send troops to put down the Qiang people's intrusion, the stability of the northwest frontier.
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English Expression
: One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.
n.: Seeing is believing., it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times, seeing for oneself is a hundred times better than hearing from others
French Expression
Il vaut mieux voir une fois de ses propres yeux que d'entendre parler cent fois. Il faut le voir pour le croire.
Thesaurus
Heard as witness, seeing for oneself is better than hearing from others, I'll believe that when I see it., Seeing, not hearing