Definition
将心比心 is a common four-character idiom (chengyu) meaning 'to put yourself in someone else's shoes'. It literally says 'compare heart with heart' — you use your own feelings to understand another person's perspective. You'll hear it in advice: 你要将心比心 ('You need to be empathetic') or in explanations like 他不懂得将心比心 ('He doesn't know how to empathize'). It's a polite, culturally natural way to encourage empathy without sounding preachy.
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(chengyu) to put oneself in someone else's shoesto be empathetic
Examples
- 将心比心，。Nǐ yě yào jiāng, xiǎng xiǎng tā dāngshí de chǔjìng.You should also put yourself in his shoes and think about his situation at that time.
- 将心比心，。Tā zuò shì zǒng shì néng jiāng, suǒ yǐ péngyǒumen dōu hěn xǐhuan tā.She always acts with empathy, so her friends all like her very much.
- 将心比心，。Rúguǒ nǐ xuéhuì jiāng, rénjì guānxì huì gǎishàn hěn duō.If you learn to put yourself in others' shoes, your interpersonal relationships will improve a lot.
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