以小人之心,度君子之腹

yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù

to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

xiǎo

small

rén

person; people

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

xīn

heart

,

duó

to estimate

jūn

monarch

son

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

abdomen