兼听则明，偏信则暗

jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 兼听则明，偏信则暗

信
xìn

letter

偏
piān

to lean

兼
jiān

double

则
zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

听
yǐn

smile (archaic)

暗
àn

dark

听
tīng

to listen to; to hear

明
míng

bright