耳听为虚，眼见为实

ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí

Definitions

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

Child Words of 耳听为虚，眼见为实

• 听 yǐn: smile (archaic)
• 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 为 wèi: because of
• 眼 yǎn: eye
• 听 tīng: to listen to; to hear
• 虚 xū: emptiness
• 见 jiàn: to see
• 见 xiàn: to appear
• 实 shí: real
• 眼见 yǎn jiàn: to see with one's own eyes
• 眼见为实 yǎn jiàn wéi shí: seeing is believing
• 耳 ěr: ear