「百聞不如一見」
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| Pronunciation： | baak3 man4 bat1 jyu4 jat1 gin3 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
百 hundred; hundreds digit; hundreds place 聞 to hear; to smell; to sniff; to know; news 不 no; negator; not 如 for example; in case of; in event of; for instance; such as; like; as if 一 one; as soon as; once 見 to meet; to see; to experience; to feel; to consider; to regard |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
an expression used when someone sees something special for the very first time; literally, "hearing about something a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once"
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