勿施于人 (wù shī yú rén) — do not impose on others (what you yourself would not want)
Definition
Half of the Confucian maxim 己所不欲，勿施于人: literally 'do not impose on others' what you yourself do not want. Classical / written register; rarely used outside the saying or formal writing about ethics.
verb
do not impose on others (what you yourself would not want)
Examples
- ，勿施于人。Jǐ suǒ bú yù, wù shī yú rén.Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.
- ，勿施于人。Zhè jù huà gào sù wǒ men, zuò rén yào dǒng de wù shī yú rén.This saying tells us that in life we should understand not to impose on others.
- ，勿施于人。Tā zǒng bǎ zì jǐ de xiǎng fǎ qiáng jiā gěi bié rén, wán quán bù dǒng wù shī yú rén de dào lǐ.He always forces his own ideas on others, completely failing to understand the principle of not imposing on others.
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