역지사지

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹k̚t͡ɕ͈isʰa̠d͡ʑi]
• Phonetic hangul: [역찌사지]

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)

Related terms

• 역지즉개연 (易地則皆然, yeokjijeukgaeyeon)