耳闻不如目睹，目睹不如身受耳聞不如目睹，目睹不如身受耳聞不如目睹，目睹不如身受

hearing is not as good as seeing, and seeing is not as good as experiencing

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Heard accounts are less reliable than what you see, and what you see is less vivid than what you go through yourself.

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Simplified: 耳闻不如目睹，目睹不如身受
Traditional (Taiwan): 耳聞不如目睹，目睹不如身受
Pinyin: ěrwénbùrúmùdǔ, mùdǔ bùrú shēnshòu
Bopomofo: ㄦˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄨˇ，ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄣㄕㄡˋ

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

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