以人废言
Traditional form:
以人廢言
Pinyin (reading):
yǐrénfèiyán
Definitions:
- to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
Characters:
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 人 - man, person; people
- 废 - to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
- 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
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