不到西天，不知佛大小不到西天，不知佛大小不到西天，不知佛大小

until you reach the Western Heaven, you don't know how big the Buddha is

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Without personal experience your understanding stays shallow. Compare "seeing is believing."

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Simplified: 不到西天，不知佛大小
Pinyin: búdào xītiān, bùzhī fó dàxiǎo
Bopomofo: ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄊㄧㄢ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄈㄛˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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