所见所闻

所見所聞
suǒjiàn-suǒwén
idiom #26,196

Meanings

  1. 1 what one sees and hears
  2. 2 one's observations and experiences
  3. 3 everything witnessed

Examples

Tā bǎ lǚtú zhōng de suǒjiàn-suǒwén xiě chéng le yīběn shū.
She wrote a book about everything she saw and heard on her journey.
Jìzhě de zhízé shì rúshí bàodào suǒjiàn-suǒwén.
A journalist's duty is to truthfully report what they see and hear.

Tips

grammar
The +verb pattern (所见, 所闻) is a classical Chinese construction meaning 'that which is [verb-ed]'. 所见 = that which is seen; 所闻 = that which is heard.

Stroke Order

suǒ
jiàn
wén