见人不是，百恶之根；见己不是，百善之门見人不是，百惡之根；見己不是，百善之門見人不是，百惡之根；見己不是，百善之門

seeing others' faults is the root of a hundred evils; seeing your own is the door to a hundred virtues

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Fixating on others' faults leads to wrongdoing, while noticing your own leads to goodness; be strict with yourself, lenient with others. Moralising.

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Simplified: 见人不是，百恶之根；见己不是，百善之门
Traditional (Taiwan): 見人不是，百惡之根；見己不是，百善之門
Pinyin: jiàn rén bú shì, bǎi'è zhī gēn; jiàn jǐ bú shì, bǎishàn zhī mén
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ，ㄅㄞˇ ㄜˋ ㄓㄍㄣ；ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄕˋ，ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄇㄣˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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