聞いて極楽見て地獄
きいてごくらくみてじごく
Meanings
- Expression don't believe everything you hear (literally: what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight)
Kanji
- 聞 hear. Read as きく.
- 極 extreme. Read as ゴク.
- 楽 ease. Read as ラク.
- 見 see. Read as みる.
- 地 land
- 獄 prison. Read as ゴク.