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以人废言

yǐ rén fèi yán

4-character word Traditional 以人廢言

What 以人废言 means

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

The characters in 以人废言

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 人rénperson; people
• 废fèito abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Words containing 以人废言

• 不以人废言bù yǐ rén fèi yánnot to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects)…