S3E06 | Seeing is Believing | 百闻不如一见
Saying: “To hear a hundred times is not the same as seeing once”
Pinyin: Bǎi Wén Bùrú Yī Jiàn
Chinese: 百闻不如一见
When the Han Emperor Xuan had a headache out in west China he called on Old Reliable, General Zhao Chongguo, to deal with it. From this, we get one of the most useful Chinese Sayings ever!
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Terms in Episode
| Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Bùrú | 不如 | not as good as or inferior to |
| Bǎi | 百 | a hundred |
| Bǎi Wén | 百闻 | to hear a hundred times |
| Bǎi Wén Bùrú Yī Jiàn | 百闻不如一见 | To hear a hundred times is not the same as seeing once |
| Chéngyǔ | 成语 | Chinese Saying or idiom |
| Hàn Xuān Dì | 汉宣帝 | Han emperor who reigned 74 to 49 BCE |
| Jiàn | 见 | to see |
| Qián Hàn Shū | 前汉书 | The Book of Han |
| Qiāng | 羌族 | Qiāng are one of the 56 official ethnic minority people of China |
| Wén | 闻 | to hear |
| Wò Xīn Cháng Dǎn | 卧薪尝胆 | Featured in a previous episode, to lie on firewood and taste bile |
| Yī | 一 | the number one |
| Yījiàn | 一见 | see one time |
| Zhào Chōngguó | 赵充国 | A reliable old trusted general of Emperor Xuan's |
