你难道现在不是在以己度人吗
“Aren't you projecting your own feelings onto her?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对 你想 你也会 那只是你的主观意识
“Yes, you think you would, but that's only your own perspective.”
你 难道 现在 不是 在 以己度人 吗
“Aren't you projecting your own feelings onto her?”
谁又不是以己度人呢
“But who doesn't do that?”
“Look in the mirror; you are guilty of the exact same bias.”
Invoking classical four-character idioms like '以己度人' is a standard rhetorical device in modern Chinese debates to add intellectual authority to an accusation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
isn't it the case that...
A powerful rhetorical structure used to challenge or corner an interlocutor.
judge others by one's own yardstick / project oneself onto others
An idiomatic chengyu commonly applied in moral arguments and psychological disputes.
Marks the rhetorical question, demanding acknowledgment from the listener.
