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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 百聞不如一見 (“hearing a hundred times is no better than seeing once”), from the ancient Chinese history Book of Han.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | baengmun buryeo ilgyeon |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | baegmun bul'yeo ilgyeon |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | paengmun puryŏ ilgyŏn |
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| Yale Romanization? | paykmun pul.ye il.kyen |
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Noun
백문불여일견 • (baengmunburyeoilgyeon) (hanja 百聞不如一見)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) seeing is believing