以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ​xiǎo​rén​zhī​xīn​duó​jūn​zǐ​zhī​fù

to judge a noble person with a mean mind

Senses

以小人之心，度君子之腹 yǐ​xiǎo​rén​zhī​xīn​duó​jūn​zǐ​zhī​fù (also yǐ​xiǎo​rén​zhī​xīn​duò​jūn​zǐ​zhī​fù) to judge a noble person with a mean mind

to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure; to use narrow-minded thinking to guess the motives of a person with high integrity

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