人人心里有杆秤 人人心裡有桿秤 人人心裏有桿秤

everyone has a steelyard scale in their heart

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · In everyday use

Meaning
Everyone has their own sense of right and wrong and can judge fairly. Often said to mean that people see through unfair behaviour.
Simplified
人人心里有杆秤
Traditional (Taiwan)
人人心裡有桿秤
Traditional (Hong Kong)
人人心裏有桿秤
Pinyin
rénrén xīnli yǒu gǎnchèng
Bopomofo
ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄢˇ ㄔㄥˋ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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