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己所不欲，勿施於人
简 己所不欲，勿施于人 · 繁 己所不欲，勿施於人Mandarin · pinyin jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
Meanings
- What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
- Do as you would be done by.
- Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
Characters in this entry
- 己
- jǐ · self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
- 所
- suǒ · place, location; numerary adjunct
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 欲
- yù · desire, want, long for; intend
- 勿
- wù · must not, do not; without, never
- 施
- shī · grant, bestow; give; act; name
- 於
- yú · yū · in, at, on; interjection alas!
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 于
- yú · in, on, at; go to; surname
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