仁者见仁

仁者見仁
rénzhě-jiànrén
idiom #67,700

Meanings

  1. 1 different people have different views
  2. 2 the benevolent see benevolence (short form of 仁者见仁,智者见智)

Examples

HSK 3
Duì zhè bù diànyǐng de píngjià rénzhě-jiànrén.
Opinions on this film vary from person to person.
HSK 4
Zhè gè wèntí rénzhě-jiànrén, méiyǒu biāozhǔn dá'àn.
This is a question where opinions differ - there's no standard answer.
HSK 7-9
Zhè jiàn shì rénzhě-jiànrén, zhìzhě jiàn zhì.
On this matter, different people will see different things.

Tips

history
Short form of 仁者见仁智者见智, derived from the 《易经·系辞上》: 'The benevolent see it and call it benevolence; the wise see it and call it wisdom.' Often used on its own to acknowledge that reasonable people disagree.
usage
Usually paired with 智者见智 as the full expression, but widely used alone in modern writing.

Stroke Order

rén
zhě
jiàn