- 一(one; chief)ASSOCIATIVE
- 白(white; bright; clear)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hundred is the leading number, shining brightly like pure white light.
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百闻不如一见
百闻不如一见
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
- ，。
Seeing is believing; I should go see it for myself.
- 貳形adjective
seeing is believing
- ，。
Seeing is believing; I witnessed it with my own eyes.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 門(door; opening)RADICAL
- 耳(ear)ASSOCIATIVE
Pressing your ear to the door lets you eavesdrop on news from inside.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 女(woman; female)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman using words that comply with others' wishes is what 如 (like, as if) means.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)ASSOCIATIVE
- 儿(person (standing))ASSOCIATIVE
A person stands upright with wide open eyes to see everything around them.
百闻不如一见
Traditional百聞不如一見
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
- ，。
Seeing is believing; I should go see it for myself.
- 貳形adjective
seeing is believing
- ，。
Seeing is believing; I witnessed it with my own eyes.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; chief)ASSOCIATIVE
- 白(white; bright; clear)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A hundred is the leading number, shining brightly like pure white light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 門(door; opening)RADICAL
- 耳(ear)ASSOCIATIVE
Pressing your ear to the door lets you eavesdrop on news from inside.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 女(woman; female)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman using words that comply with others' wishes is what 如 (like, as if) means.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)ASSOCIATIVE
- 儿(person (standing))ASSOCIATIVE
A person stands upright with wide open eyes to see everything around them.
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