Ruined reputation is half and half, a Chinese idiom with the pinyin huǐ yù cān bàn, meaning that those who say bad things and those who say good things are each half and half. It indicates that there is no unanimous opinion about people. Destroy: to discredit. Honor: praise. 参半：each one half of the other. The accusers and the praisers are half and half.

Origin: Mao Dun, "Learning the New by Learning the Old": "The normal phenomenon is to have a mixed reputation. This mixed reputation ...... will strive for a just right evaluation of the work that is neither too high nor too low.

Liang Qichao, "Tube Biography - Preface": "Tube also has a mixed reputation." ?

Liang Qichao

Usage:

Subject-predicate tense; as object, determiner; referring to the lack of unanimity in evaluating people

Example:

People's appraisal of him is mixed, so it can be said that he has a mixed reputation!