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    3. 百聞は一見にしかず

    百聞は一見にしかず

    百ひゃく聞ぶんは​一いっ見けんに​し​か​ず​

    seeing is believing

    NTExpressionsLiteratureKanji Vocab42 strokes

    百聞は一見に如かず

    ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

    Expressions

    1.
    seeing is believing, one eye-witness is better than many hearsays, a picture is worth a thousand words
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    百
    もも…(11)
    hundred
    Kanji
    聞
    き.く・き.こえる…(2)
    hear・ask・listen
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    見
    み.る・み.える・み.せる…(1)
    see・hopes・chances・idea・opinion…(2)
    Kanji
    は
    ha
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    し
    shi
    Kana
    か
    ka
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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