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ひゃくぶん
百聞
は
いっけん
一見
に
し
如
かず。
Seeing is believing.
Grammar and points of interest
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
百聞は一見に如かず。
Words
ひ ゃ く ぶ ん 0
noun
hearing a hundred times
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い っ け ん 0
noun
1. look; glimpse; glance
2. to glance; to glimpse
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expression
1. being inferior to; being no match for  (see also: 百聞は一見に如かず; opposite: 如く)
2. being best  (see also: 三十六計逃げるに如かず)
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Kanji
百
ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
聞
ブン   モン   きく to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
門
モン   かど gate   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
如
ジョ   ニョ    same   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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