耳听为虚,眼见为实

ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí · er ting wei xu , yan jian wei shi

Traditional 耳聽為虛,眼見為實

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  1. (idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing
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