weigh the pros and cons
In Chinese, the Pinyin is Ku í Q í ngdu ó L ǐ, which means to estimate and speculate according to emotion and reason. It's from Huainanzi · Bing luexun.
Notes on Idioms
Premier: estimate and guess; degree: guess.
The origin of Idioms
"Huainanzi · Bing Lue Xun" says: "those who can cure the five senses, those who can't be overestimated."
Analysis of Idioms
Be considerate and reasonable
Idiom usage
It's not strange to speculate according to emotion and reason. When Premier's emotion is ideal, there are some natural and human feelings. (Chapter 33 of biography of children heroes by Wen Kang in Qing Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : kuí qíng duó lǐ
weigh the pros and cons
round and round the firewood is bound. chóu móu shù xīn
Parallel shoulder overlapping. pián jiān dié jì