百聞は一見に如かず。

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百聞 は 一見 に 如かず 。

English Translation

Seeing is believing.

Furigana

百聞(ひゃくぶん)は一見(いっけん)に如(し)かず。

Romanji

Hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu.

Words

百聞 (ひゃくぶん)

hearing a hundred times

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

一見 (いっけん)

look; glimpse; glance; to glance; to glimpse; apparently; seemingly; first meeting

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

若く (しく)

to match; to equal; to catch up with; to overtake

Kanji

百

Readings: ヒャク、 ビャク、 もも

Meaning: hundred

聞

Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる

Meanings: hear, ask, listen

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

如

Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ごと.し

Meanings: likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal