对事不对人
duì​shì​bù​duì​rén

it's nothing personal

  • created sense approved 对事不对人/對事不對人 · duì​shì​bù​duì​rén · it's nothing personal — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    对事不对人 / 對事不對人

    duì​shì​bù​duì​rén

    it's nothing personal

    Focusing on the facts or the matter at hand rather than attacking the person involved; criticizing an action or situation without being personal.

    对 (literal) → 对/對 · duì · to treat 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 不对 (literal) → 不对/不對 · bù​duì · unsuitable 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person

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

    created sense