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己所不欲，勿施于人
己所不欲，勿施于人
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
- ，。
Do not impose on others what you do not desire for yourself.
- 貳名noun
Do as you would be done by.
- ，。
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
- 參形adjective
Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
- ，。
Do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 勹(wrap; curl)RADICAL
- 丿丿(two strokes representing erasure; erased object)ASSOCIATIVE
Two diagonal strokes inside a circle represent prohibition and denial — don't do it!
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
己所不欲，勿施于人
Traditional己所不欲，勿施於人
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
- ，。
Do not impose on others what you do not desire for yourself.
- 貳名noun
Do as you would be done by.
- ，。
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
- 參形adjective
Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
- ，。
Do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 勹(wrap; curl)RADICAL
- 丿丿(two strokes representing erasure; erased object)ASSOCIATIVE
Two diagonal strokes inside a circle represent prohibition and denial — don't do it!
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE
Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
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