言者無罪，聞者足戒

言者無罪，聞者足戒

Chinese

		to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)	not have	guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin		hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)	foot; to be sufficient	swear off; warn against
trad. (言者無罪，聞者足戒)		言	者	無	罪	，	聞	者	足	戒
simp. (言者无罪，闻者足戒)		言	者	无	罪	，	闻	者	足	戒

Etymology

From 《诗大序》：「言之者无罪，闻之者足以戒。」

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánzhě wú zuì, wénzhě zú jiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ, ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ ze² mou⁴ zeoi⁶, man⁴ ze² zuk¹ gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yánzhě wú zuì, wénzhě zú jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ, ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄗㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjee wu tzuey, wenjee tzwu jieh
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ u̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ ze² mou⁴ zeoi⁶, man⁴ ze² zuk¹ gaai³
    • Yale: yìhn jé mòuh jeuih, màhn jé jūk gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ dze² mou⁴ dzoey⁶, man⁴ dze² dzuk⁷ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ zé² mou⁴ zêu⁶, men⁴ zé² zug¹ gai³
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡ʃɵy̯²² mɐn²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ käːi̯³³/

Idiom

言者無罪，聞者足戒

1. blame not the speaker but be warned by their words