见仁见智

見仁見智

jiànrén-jiànzhì

idiom HSK 7-9 #45,190

Meanings

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

HSK 1

好不好吃，见仁见智吧。

Hǎobùhǎo chī, jiànrén-jiànzhì ba.

Whether it tastes good is a matter of personal opinion.

HSK 4

这个问题见仁见智，没有标准答案。

Zhège wèntí jiànrén-jiànzhì, méiyǒu biāozhǔn dá'àn.

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

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