Using your mouth to listen to the sound of an axe chopping a tree echoing loudly.
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耳听为虚，眼见为实
耳听为虚，眼见为实
(idiom) what one hears may be unreliable, but what one sees is true; seeing is believing
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(idiom) what one hears may be unreliable, but what one sees is true; seeing is believing
- ，。
Hearing is deceiving, but seeing is believing.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虍(tiger head; fierce look)RADICAL
- 业(work; career)ASSOCIATIVE
Beneath a fierce tiger's head, all work becomes empty and void.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)RADICAL
- 艮(hard; stop)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Two eyes looking straight ahead, stubborn and resolute like the character for "firm."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)ASSOCIATIVE
- 儿(person (standing))ASSOCIATIVE
A person stands upright with wide open eyes to see everything around them.
耳听为虚，眼见为实
Traditional耳聽為虛，眼見為實
(idiom) what one hears may be unreliable, but what one sees is true; seeing is believing
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(idiom) what one hears may be unreliable, but what one sees is true; seeing is believing
- ，。
Hearing is deceiving, but seeing is believing.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 為(do; act; work)ASSOCIATIVE
An ancient hand-drawn character depicts a hand leading an elephant to work, meaning 'to do' or 'for'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虍(tiger head; fierce look)RADICAL
- 业(work; career)ASSOCIATIVE
Beneath a fierce tiger's head, all work becomes empty and void.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 目(eye)RADICAL
- 艮(hard; stop)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Two eyes looking straight ahead, stubborn and resolute like the character for "firm."
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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