listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
trad. 兼聽則明，偏信則暗
Also written 兼聽則明，偏信則暗【jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn】
Characters in this word
7兼
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double, twice, simultaneous, holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 8389 of 2500
听
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smile (archaic)
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 106 of 2500
则
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(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then, (bound form) standard; norm, (bound form) principle, (literary) to imitate; to follow, classifier for written items
- Pinyin
- zé
- Traditional
- 則
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2398 of 2500
明
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Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), surname Ming, Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- Pinyin
- Míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4563 of 2500
偏
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to lean, to slant, oblique, prejudiced, to deviate from average, to stray from the intended line, stubbornly, contrary to expectations
- Pinyin
- piān
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 11446 of 2500
信
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letter, mail, CL:封[feng1], to trust, to believe, to profess faith in, truthful, confidence, trust, at will, at random
- Pinyin
- xìn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 969 of 2500
暗
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variant of 暗[an4]
- Pinyin
- àn
- Traditional
- 晻
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 2844 of 2500