不以人廢言

Chinese

		not; no	to reject an opinion because the speaker is not good or not to one's liking
trad. (不以人廢言)		不	以人廢言
simp. (不以人废言)		不	以人废言

Etymology

From the Analects of Confucius.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bù yǐrénfèiyán

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ji⁵ jan⁴ fai³ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bù yǐrénfèiyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4 yyirenfeyyan
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ji⁵ jan⁴ fai³ jin⁴
  - Yale: bāt yíh yàhn fai yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ji⁵ jan⁴ fai³ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yi⁵ yen⁴ fei³ yin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiː¹³ jɐn²¹ fɐi̯³³ jiːn²¹/

Idiom

不以人廢言

to not reject an opinion because of the person expressing it

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