耳听为虚，眼见为实

耳
耳
听
聽
为
為
虚
虛
，
，
,
眼
眼
见
見
为
為
实
實
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. / It ain't necessarily so.
耳
耳
听
聽
为
為
虚
虛
，
，
,
眼
眼
见
見
为
為
实
實
(idiom) you cannot always trust what you hear, but seeing is believing

Characters and words in 耳听为虚，眼见为实

耳
ěr = Ø + Ø3
ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese)
It ist what it looks like: an ear.
听
yǐn = y + (e)n3
smile (archaic)
听
聽
tìng = ti + (e)ng4
(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
听
聽
ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
听 = 口 + 斤 : Mother Teresa (ti) is listening to the sound that is made when a barbell (斤) squashes a mandarin (口) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
为
為
wéi = w + ei2
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
为
為
wèi = w + ei4
because of / for / to
为 = ⺀ + 力 : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.
为 = ⺀ + 力 : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.
为
爲
wéi = w + ei2
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
为
爲
wèi = w + ei4
variant of 為|为[wei4]
为
爲
wéi = w + ei2
variant of 為|为[wei2]
虚
虛
xu̅ = xu + Ø1
emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain
虚 = 业 + 虍 : Xu Xian (xu) and the bullfrog (业) were preparing for a football game in front of the space station (Ø1) and had already painted eye black stripes (虍) onto each other when suddenly a black hole (虚) appeared and sucked their eye black off again before collapsing.
眼
yǎn = y + an3
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
眼 = 目 + 艮 : Inside of the anthill, Maud Younger played a prank on the Eye of Providence. She told it that she would apply a mask to alleviate the wrinkles around its eyes, but instead she just covered its whole eye with chewing gum.
眼
眼
见
見
to see with one's own eyes / very soon
见
見
jiàn = ji + an4
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
见 = ⺆ + 儿 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
见
見
xiàn = xi + an4
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]
眼
眼
见
見
为
為
实
實
seeing is believing
实
實
shí = sh + Ø2
real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely
实 = 头 + 宀 : Sherlock Holmes welcomes professor Skull just inside the entrance of the space station. Professor Skull has not a complete head but only a skull, and a solid understanding of solid state physics. She really is an honest person and still wears her graduation cap.

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