兼听则明，偏信则暗

jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn

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1. listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)

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Child Words of 兼听则明，偏信则暗

• 信 信 xìn: letter
• 偏 偏 piān: to lean
• 兼 兼 jiān: double
• 则 则 zé: (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
• 听 听 yǐn: smile (archaic)
• 暗 暗 àn: dark
• 听 听 tīng: to listen to; to hear
• 明 明 míng: bright