量力而為
liàng​lì'ér​wéi

to act according to one's ability

  • created reference approved 量力而为/量力而為 → 量力而行 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    量力而为 / 量力而為 liàng​lì'ér​wéi

    量力而行 liàng​lì'ér​xíng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 量力而为/量力而為 · liàng​lì'ér​wéi · to act according to one's ability — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    量力而为 / 量力而為

    liàng​lì'ér​wéi

    to act according to one's ability

    to weigh one's own abilities and act accordingly; to act according to one's means; also written as [[量力而行|量力而行|liang4 li4 er2 xing2]]

    量力 (literal) → 量力 · liàng​lì · to estimate one's strength 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to do

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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