to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom); to live within one's means; You can only spend what you earn.
trad. 量入為出
Also written 量入為出【liàng rù wéi chū】
Characters in this word
4量
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to measure
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 5799 of 2500
入
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to enter; to go into, to join; to become a member of, (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]), abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1], (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- Pinyin
- rù
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 6013 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 of 2500