設身處地

设身处地
shèshēnchǔdì
to put oneself in sb else's shoes

CEDICT

to put oneself in someone's shoes

Wiktionary

假設自己處在與他人同樣的情況，指為別人著想。

重編國語辭典

假想自己處在他人地位或情況中

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 設 shè
  1. to set up; to put in place
  2. (math.) given; suppose; if
2 身處 shēnchǔ
  1. in (some place)
  2. to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc)
  3. to find oneself in
  4. placed in
  5. surrounded by
3 地 dì
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier: 片

Related entries

將心比心 jiāngxīnbǐxīn to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
體念 tǐniàn
  1. to consider sb else's position
  2. to put oneself in sb else's shoes