见仁见智

見仁見智

jiànrénjiànzhì

idiom HSK 7 #45,190

Meanings

Literally 'the benevolent see benevolence, the wise see wisdom' — different perspectives

Zhège wèntí jiànrénjiànzhì, méiyǒu biāozhǔn dá'àn.

Opinions differ on this issue; there's no standard answer.

Hǎo bù hǎo chī, jiànrénjiànzhì ba.

Whether it tastes good is a matter of personal opinion.

history

From the Book of Changes (《易经》): 仁者见之谓之仁，智者见之谓之智. Different people see different aspects of the same thing based on their own strengths.

见 jiàn

仁 rén

智 zhì