to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly; to act according to one's means; to cut one's coat according to one's cloth
trad. 量力而為
Also written 量力而為【liàng lì ér wéi】
Characters in this word
4量
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to measure
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 5799 of 2500
力
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surname Li
- Pinyin
- Lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4891 of 2500
而
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and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 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