Phrase guide

do unto others as you would have them do unto you

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself; an expression of the golden rule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَامِلِ النَّاسَ كَمَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعَامِلُوكَ (ʕāmili n-nāsa kamā tuḥibbu ʔan yuʕāmilūka) — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 己所不欲,勿施於人 /己所不欲 — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勿施于人 (jǐsuǒbùyù, wùshīyúrén) — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Dutch: wat gij niet wilt, dat u geschiedt, doe dat ook een ander niet — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Finnish: tee toisille sitä, mitä toivoisit heidän tekevän itsellesi — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • French: traite les autres comme tu voudrais être traité — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • German: behandle andere so, wie du von ihnen behandelt werden willst — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Hebrew: מָה שֶׁשָּׂנוּא עָלֶיךָ אַל תַּעֲשֶׂה לַחֲבֵרְךָ (ma shesanú 'alécha al ta'asé leḥaverchá) — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Italian: fa agli altri quel che vorresti fosse fatto a te — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Korean: 역지사지 (yeokjisaji) — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Korean: 역지즉개연 (yeokjijeukgaeyeon) — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Korean: 기소불욕 물시어인 (gisoburyok mulsieoin) — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Polish: nie czyń drugiemu, co tobie niemiłe — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Portuguese: faça aos outros o que quer que façam a você — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
  • Russian: поступа́й с други́ми так, как хо́чешь, что́бы они́ поступа́ли с тобо́й (postupáj s drugími tak, kak xóčešʹ, štóby oní postupáli s tobój) — One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself