百聞不如一見

seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

surname Wen

to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to

as / as if / such as

consistent / the same / unvarying

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]