眼见 (眼見) yǎn jiàn
yǎn jiàn
phrase
to see with one's own eyes
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '眼見')
Contained in
- 耳听为虚,眼见为实(耳聽為虛,眼見為實) Take what you hear to be false, only believe it when you see it . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
- 眼见得(眼見得) obviously; clearly
- 眼见为实,耳听为虚(眼見為實,耳聽為虛) to believe what one sees, not what one hears . Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.
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Truncated for common words
- 卷一百〇一 列傳第五十一: 李乂 薛登 韋湊 韓思復 張廷珪 王求禮 辛替否 Volume 101 Biographies 51: Li Yi, Xue Deng, Wei Cou, Han Sifu, Zhang Tinggui, Wang Qiuli, Xin Tifou Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 100 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 31 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第四十三回 Chapter 43 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 61 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第五十八回 Chapter 58 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第四十回 Chapter 40 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第五回 Chapter 5 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 不如眼见 (不如眼見) 耳聞不如眼見 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百〇一 列傳第五十一: 李乂 薛登 韋湊 韓思復 張廷珪 王求禮 辛替否 Volume 101 Biographies 51: Li Yi, Xue Deng, Wei Cou, Han Sifu, Zhang Tinggui, Wang Qiuli, Xin Tifou — count: 3
- 等眼见 (等眼見) 汝等眼見 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷58 楊播 Volume 58: Yang Bo — count: 2