| 换位思考 |
huàn wèi sī kǎo |
to put oneself in sb else’s shoes |
| 换 |
huàn |
to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency) |
| 换位 |
huàn wèi |
to swap places / (logic) conversion / (car maintenance) to rotate (tires) |
| 位 |
wèi |
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential |
| 思 |
sī |
to think / to consider |
| 思考 |
sī kǎo |
to reflect on / to ponder over |
| 考 |
kǎo |
to beat / to hit / variant of 考 / to inspect / to test / to take an exam |
| 考 |
kǎo |
to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father |