from this green earth
Seeing and hearing, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ù J ī RW é n, meaning to see with one's own eyes and hear with one's own ears. From Zizhitongjian, the second year of Jingyun, Ruizong, Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
"Zizhitongjian · the second year of Jingyun, Ruizong, Tang Dynasty": "it's better to talk than to meet, and it's better to hear than to see.
Idiom usage
To see or hear in person.
Examples
I'd like to know something about March 29, 17 years ago, but I can't find any old people I've heard from. (Lu Xun's just a collection of miscellaneous feelings of the Yellow Flower Festival)
from this green earth
the waters and skies merge in one colour - shuǐ tiān yī sè
take up the positions of the fallen and rise to fight one after another - qián pū hòu jì
A foot of water churns to make a hundred Zhang wave - yī chǐ shuǐ fān téng zuò bǎi zhàng bō