以人废言

Traditional: 以人廢言

yǐ rén fèi yán

Dictionary entry

to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case

What does 以人废言 mean?

以人废言 (yǐ rén fèi yán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case

Character breakdown

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以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]废fèito abolish · to abandon 言yánwords · speech

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以人废言

yǐ rén fèi yán

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