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兼聽則明，偏信則暗
简 兼听则明，偏信则暗 · 繁 兼聽則明，偏信則暗Mandarin · pinyin jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn
Meanings
- listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
Characters in this entry
- 兼
- jiān · unite, combine; connect; and
- 聽
- tīng · hear, listen; understand; obey
- 則
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- 明
- míng · bright, light, brilliant; clear
- 偏
- piān · inclined one side; slanting
- 信
- xìn · trust, believe; letter
- 暗
- àn · dark; obscure; in secret, covert
- 听
- tīng · hear; understand; obey, comply
- 则
- zé · rule, law, regulation; grades
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