不以人废言 in English bu4 yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2 Meaning

Meanings

  • not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiomatic expression, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers

Simplified Characters

不 以 人 废 言

Traditional Characters

不 以 人 廢 言

Pinyin

bu4 yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

不bu4(negative prefix) 以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 人ren2man 废fei4to abolish 言yan2words