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)

Child Words of 以小人之心，度君子之腹

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

person; people

to use

nobleman

son

small

I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)

to pass

to estimate

heart

monarch

abdomen