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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 百闻不如一见
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 百闻不如一见 | bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn | - seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others - seeing is believing |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 53,102 | 83,025 | 64,435 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 百 | bǎi | - surname Bai |
| 百 | bǎi | - hundred - numerous - all kinds of |
| 闻 | wén | - surname Wen |
| 闻 | wén | - to hear - news - well-known - famous - reputation - fame - to smell - to sniff at |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 如 | rú | - as - as if - such as |
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 见 | jiàn | - to see - to meet - to appear (to be sth) - to interview - opinion - view |
| 见 | xiàn | - to appear - also written 現|现[xian4] |
Other Words Containing 百闻不如一见
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 百闻不如一见 | - | - | 53,102 | 83,025 | 64,435 |