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量力而行

liànglìérxíng

to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence

02

One does what one can

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 量力而行 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 量力而行 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

量力而行。liàng lì ér xíng。

Pace yourself.

凡事要尽力而为，更要量力而行。fán shì yào jìn lì ér wéi， gèng yào liàng lì ér xíng。

One needs to do their best in all things, and more importantly work within their abilities.

买房要量力而行，但也要把握时机。mǎi fáng yào liàng lì ér xíng， dàn yě yào bǎ wò shí jī。

One needs to buy a house that's within one's means, but one also needs to grasp an opportunity.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 量力而行.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 量力而行.

Directly before

  • 要量力而行2
  • 更要量力而行1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 量力而行

What does 量力而行 mean in Chinese?

量力而行 (liànglìérxíng) means to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence.

How do you pronounce 量力而行?

量力而行 is pronounced liànglìérxíng.

Is 量力而行 an HSK word?

量力而行 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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