역지사지
Korean edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [jʌ̹k̚t͡ɕ͈isʰa̠d͡ʑi]
- Phonetic hangul: [역찌사지]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | yeokjisaji |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yeogjisaji |
| McCune–Reischauer? | yŏkchisaji |
| Yale Romanization? | yekcisaci |
Noun edit
역지사지 • (yeokjisaji) (hanja 易地思之)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) thinking from the other person's perspective
- Antonym: 아전인수(我田引水) (ajeoninsu)