역지사지

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 易地思之, from the fourth-century BC Chinese text Mencius, one of the Four Books of the Confucian canon.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeokjisaji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeogjisaji
McCune–Reischauer?yŏkchisaji
Yale Romanization?yekcisaci

Noun

역지사지 (yeokjisaji) (hanja 易地思之)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) thinking from the other person's perspective
    Antonym: 아전인수(我田引水) (ajeoninsu)