兼听则明，偏信则暗
jiān​tīng​zé​míng​piān​xìn​zé'àn

listen to both sides and you will be enlightened

  • created reference approved 兼听则明，偏信则暗/兼聽則明，偏信則暗 → 兼听则明/兼聽則明 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兼听则明，偏信则暗 / 兼聽則明，偏信則暗 jiān​tīng​zé​míng​piān​xìn​zé'àn

    兼听则明 / 兼聽則明 jiān​tīng​zé​míng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 兼听则明，偏信则暗/兼聽則明，偏信則暗 · jiān​tīng​zé​míng​piān​xìn​zé'àn · listen to both sides and you will be enlightened — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兼听则明，偏信则暗 / 兼聽則明，偏信則暗

    jiān​tīng​zé​míng​piān​xìn​zé'àn

    listen to both sides and you will be enlightened

    listen to both sides and you will be enlightened, but heed only one side and you will remain ignorant; listening to multiple perspectives helps one distinguish right from wrong

    兼听 (literal) → 兼听/兼聽 · jiān​tīng · to listen to both sides 则 (literal) → 则/則 · zé · then 明 (literal) → 明 · míng · wise ， (non_chinese) 偏信 (literal) → 偏信 · piān​xìn · to listen to only one side 则 (literal) → 则/則 · zé · then 暗 (literal) → 暗 · àn · ignorant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense