因人废言
yīn​rén​fèi​yán

to reject an opinion because of the speaker

  • created reference approved 因人废言/因人廢言 → 以人废言/以人廢言 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    因人废言 / 因人廢言 yīn​rén​fèi​yán

    以人废言 / 以人廢言 yǐ​rén​fèi​yán

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 因人废言/因人廢言 · yīn​rén​fèi​yán · to reject an opinion because of the speaker — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    因人废言 / 因人廢言

    yīn​rén​fèi​yán

    to reject an opinion because of the speaker

    To dismiss a sound opinion or good advice simply because one dislikes or looks down upon the person who said it; literally "to discard words because of the person"

    因 (literal) → 因 · yīn · because of 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 废 (literal) → 废/廢 · fèi · to abolish 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense