兼听则明，偏信则暗

Traditional form:

兼聽則明，偏信則暗

Pinyin (reading):

jiāntīngzémíng,piānxìnzé'àn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 兼 - both, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine
• 听 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
• 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 偏 - slanting, inclined; prejudiced
• 信 - to trust, to believe; letter, sign
• 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades
• 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert

Traditional characters:

• 兼 - both, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine
• 聽 - to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
• 則 - rule, law, regulation; grades
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 偏 - slanting, inclined; prejudiced
• 信 - to trust, to believe; letter, sign
• 則 - rule, law, regulation; grades
• 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert