以小人之心，度君子之腹

yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù

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1. to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

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Child Words of 以小人之心，度君子之腹

• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 人 人 rén: person; people
• 以 以 yǐ: to use
• 君子 君子 jūn zǐ: nobleman
• 子 子 zǐ: son
• 小 小 xiǎo: small
• 小人 小人 xiǎo rén: I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)
• 度 度 dù: to pass
• 度 度 duó: to estimate
• 心 心 xīn: heart
• 君 君 jūn: monarch
• 腹 腹 fù: abdomen