以人廢言

Chinese

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to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)

!man; person; people !abolish; crippled

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to speak; to say; talk; word

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Etymology

From the Analects of Confucius.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐrénfèiyán

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

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

Idiom

以人廢言

to reject an opinion because the speaker is not good or not to one's liking

Derived terms

不以人廢言／不以人废言 (bù yǐrénfèiyán)

Synonyms

因人廢言／因人废言

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