以人废言

to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case

old variant of 以[yi3]

old variant of 以[yi3]

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

to abolish / to abandon / to abrogate / to discard / to depose / to oust / crippled / abandoned / waste

variant of 廢|废[fei4] / disabled

words / speech / to say / to talk

not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers