Tiếng Việt · Proverb Candidate

Bách văn bất như nhất kiến

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Meaning · English

Hearing about something is not as good as seeing it for oneself

Literally: A hundred hearings are not as good as one seeing

Examples

Bách văn bất như nhất kiến, tôi muốn đi du lịch để trải nghiệm trực tiếpHearing about something is not as good as seeing it for oneself, I want to travel to experience it directly

AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-05; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Bách văn bất như nhất kiến” mean?

Hearing about something is not as good as seeing it for oneself Literally: A hundred hearings are not as good as one seeing

Is “Bách văn bất như nhất kiến” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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