舍己從人shě jǐ cóng rénchange one’s opinion and follow others; give up one’s own cause for another;give up one’s own views and follow those of others
? 稽于眾，～，不虐無吉，不廢困窮，惟帝時(shí)克。(尚書·大禹謨》) But to ascertain the views of all to give up one’s own opinion and follow that of others; to refrain from oppressing the helpless; and not to neglect the straitened and poor: —it was only the emperor Yao who could attain to this. 舍己從人shě jǐ cónɡ rén從：服從，順從。放棄自己的主張，順從大家的意見。give up one’s own views and follow others, change one’s opinion and follow others |