以小人之心，度君子之腹

to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

old variant of 以[yi3]

old variant of 以[yi3]

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

small / tiny / few / young

person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences

to estimate / Taiwan pr. [duo4]

monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler

nobleman / person of noble character

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)

abdomen / stomach / belly