don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
trad. 言者無罪，聞者足戒
Also written 言者無罪，聞者足戒【yán zhě wú zuì , wén zhě zú jiè】
Characters in this word
7言
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words, speech, to say, to talk
- Pinyin
- yán
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6821 of 2500
者
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(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ..., (after a noun) person involved in ..., -er, -ist, (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously), (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term), (old) (used at the end of a command), (old) this
- Pinyin
- zhě
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 890 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
罪
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guilt, crime, fault, blame, sin
- Pinyin
- zuì
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 2606 of 2500
闻
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surname Wen
- Pinyin
- Wén
- Traditional
- 聞
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4042 of 2500
足
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excessive
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12771 of 2500
戒
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to guard against, to exhort, to admonish or warn, to give up or stop doing sth, Buddhist monastic discipline, ring (for a finger)
- Pinyin
- jiè
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9892 of 2500