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We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「偏聽偏言」, with its explanation below.

The idiom 「偏聽偏言」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Bias: focus on only one aspect. Only listening to one side means that the attitude towards handling the problem is unfair and the method is inappropriate.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

piān tīng piān yán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pin1 teng1 pin1 yin4

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