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What does 百聞は一見に如かず (ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず) mean?

百聞は一見に如かず (ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず) means seeing is believing; hearing about something a hundred times cannot compare to seeing it once with your own eyes.

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Readingひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず
ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず
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seeing is believing; hearing about something a hundred times cannot compare to seeing it once with your own eyes

Example sentences

  • Since seeing is believing, let’s actually go to the site and see for ourselves.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.