{"path":"/entry/6375","title":"以人废言 / 以人廢言 (yǐ rén fèi yán) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"以人废言 / 以人廢言 (yǐ rén fèi yán): to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects) · to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":6375,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["以人废言"],"TRADITIONAL":["以人廢言"]}},"phonetic":"yǐ rén fèi yán","phoneticKey":"yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to reject a word because of the speaker ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom, from Analects)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 15 (《論語·衞靈公》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子曰：「君子不以言举人，不以人废言。」","traditional":"子曰：「君子不以言舉人，不以人廢言。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐyuē: “Jūnzǐ bù yǐ yán jǔ rén, bù yǐ rén fèi yán.”","english":"The Master said, \"The superior man does not promote a man simply on account of his words, nor does he put aside good words because of the man.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}