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

Zhè jiàn shì rénzhějiànrén, zhìzhě jiàn zhì.
On this matter, different people will see different things.
Duì zhèbù diànyǐng de píngjià rénzhějiànrén.
Opinions on this film vary from person to person.
Zhège wèntí rénzhějiànrén, méiyǒu biāozhǔn dá'àn.
This is a question where opinions differ — there's no standard answer.

Tips

history
Short form of 仁者见仁智者, derived from the 《易经·》: '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 (zhì zhě jiàn zhì) as the full expression, but widely used alone in modern writing.

Stroke Order

rén
zhě
jiàn