以人废言 in English yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

以 人 废 言

Traditional Characters

以 人 廢 言

Pinyin

yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 人ren2man 废fei4to abolish 言yan2words