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Seeing and hearing, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is m ù D ǔě RW é n, meaning to hear with one's own ears, to see with one's own eyes. From Zizhitongjian, the second year of Jingyun, Ruizong, Tang Dynasty.

Notes on Idioms

See: see; smell: hear.

The origin of Idioms

"Zizhitongjian · the second year of Jingyun, Ruizong, Tang Dynasty": "it's better to meet each other by mouth than by body, and it's better to witness by hearing."

Analysis of Idioms

Hearing and seeing

Antonym: hearsay

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attribute, or object; used to see with one's own eyes.

Examples

When he met Ming Dynasty, he lived in Beijing. Seeing and hearing about it, it was not a day, so he had to record it. Preface to song · ned Weng's the capital Ji Sheng

It has been six years since I came to Beijing from the countryside. I have seen and heard a lot of so-called state affairs.