己所不欲,勿施于人 jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén

DEFINITIONS

  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.

CHARACTERS

己 jǐ self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
所 suǒ place, location; numerary adjunct
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
欲 yù desire, want, long for; intend
勿 wù must not, do not; without, never
施 shī grant, bestow; give; act; name
于 yú in, on, at; go to; surname
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else