Yeok-ji-sa-ji

易

바꿀 역

地

땅 지

思

생각할 사

之

갈 지

Character by character

Meaning

Think about it after swapping places with the other person.

Origin

A Korean coinage drawn from Mencius’ line that "swapping positions, all would act the same".

How it is used

Used in mediating conflict, to ask someone to see it from the other side.

Hanja易地思之

Simplified易地思之

Korean reading역지사지

Pinyinyì dì sī zhī

Frequently asked questions

Q. What does Yeok-ji-sa-ji mean?

易地思之 · Think about it after swapping places with the other person.

Q. Where does Yeok-ji-sa-ji come from?

A Korean coinage drawn from Mencius’ line that "swapping positions, all would act the same".

Q. How is Yeok-ji-sa-ji used?

Used in mediating conflict, to ask someone to see it from the other side.

Idioms in the same group

有備無患 Yu-bi-mu-hwanIf you prepare in advance, there is nothing to worry about.初志一貫 Cho-ji-il-gwanCarry the resolve you started with all the way through, unchanged.名不虛傳 Myeong-bul-heo-jeonThe reputation was not passed on in vain — it lives up to the name.靑出於藍 Cheong-chul-eo-ramThe blue drawn from the indigo plant is bluer than the plant — the student surpasses the teacher.大器晩成 Dae-gi-man-seongA great vessel takes long to finish — those destined for greatness succeed late.溫故知新 On-go-ji-sinStudy the old to understand the new.

The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.