以人廢言 yǐ rén fèi yán

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

以 yǐ by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
廢 fèi abrogate, terminate, discard
言 yán words, speech; speak, say