Definitions

1. 1. seeing is believing

Components

• 眼见 yǎn jiàn – to see with one's own eyes
• 为 wéi – as (in the capacity of)
• 实 shí – real

Related Words

• 耳听为虚，眼见为实 ěr tīng wéi xū , yǎn jiàn wéi shí – Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
• 眼见为实，耳听为虚 yǎn jiàn wéi shí , ěr tīng wéi xū – to believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
• 耳听为虚眼见为实 ěr tīng wèi xū yǎn jiàn wéi shí – seeing is believing (lit. 'what you hear take as false, what you see take as true.')