眼见为实，耳听为虚

yǎnjiànwéishí,ěrtīngwéixū

to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.; It ain't necessarily so.

Traditional 眼見為實，耳聽為虛

Meaning

yǎnjiànwéishí,ěrtīngwéixūyan3 jian4 wei2 shi2 , er3 ting1 wei2 xu1
  1. to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
  2. It ain't necessarily so.

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