君子可欺以其方

jūn​zǐ​kě​qī​yǐ​qí​fāng

a gentleman can be deceived by what is reasonable

a person of noble character may be misled by something that appears plausible or follows moral principles; to trick an honest person using their own goodness or logic

君子 (literal) → 君子 · jūn​zǐ · gentleman 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 欺 (literal) → 欺 · qī · to deceive 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 方 (literal) → 方 · fāng · method

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM