trăm nghe không bằng mắt thấy

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Calque of Literary Chinese 百聞不如一見 (bách văn bất như nhất kiến).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕam˧˧ ŋɛ˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ mat̚˧˦ tʰəj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈam˧˧ ŋɛ˧˧ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˦˩ mak̚˦˧˥ tʰəj˨˩˦] ~ [ʈam˧˧ ŋɛ˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˦˩ mak̚˦˧˥ tʰəj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈam˧˧ ŋɛ˧˧ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ mak̚˦˥ tʰəj˦˥] ~ [ʈam˧˧ ŋɛ˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ mak̚˦˥ tʰəj˦˥]

Proverb

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trăm nghe không bằng mắt thấy

  1. a picture is worth a thousand words; seeing is believing