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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

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.

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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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