miàn
zhī

idiom
common

Meaning of 一面之词

一面之词 means one party's statement in a dispute; one-sided story; one person's version of events. Pronounced yī miàn zhī cí.

  • one party's statement in a dispute; one-sided story; one person's version of events

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zhǐ
shì
de
miàn
zhī
 
men
néng
quán
xìn
 

This is just his one-sided story; we can't believe it completely.

guān
huì
zhǐ
tīng
miàn
zhī
jiù
xià
pàn
jué
 

A judge won't issue a ruling based on just one side's story.

Xīn
wén
bào
dào
yào
miǎn
chéng
wéi
miàn
zhī
 

News reporting should avoid becoming one-sided.

Shuāng
fāng
zhí
 
dōu
chēng
duì
fāng
shuō
huǎng
 
shí
zài
nán
fēn
biàn
shuí
shì
miàn
zhī
 

Both sides insist on their own version, each claiming the other is lying, making it truly difficult to determine which is the one-sided account.