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己所不欲，勿施于人

jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén

9-character word Traditional 己所不欲，勿施於人

What 己所不欲，勿施于人 means

1. What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
2. Do as you would be done by.
3. Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

The characters in 己所不欲，勿施于人

• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion
• 勿wùdo not
• 施shī(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 人rénperson; people