量力
Chinese
capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure |
power; force; strength | ||
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| simp. and trad. (量力) |
量 | 力 | |
| anagram | 力量 | ||
Pronunciation
Verb
量力
- to estimate one's own strength or ability (and act accordingly)
- 量力而動，其過鮮矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg
- Liànglì ér dòng, qí guò xiǎn yǐ. [Pinyin]
- If one weighs one’s strength and then acts, one’s errors will be few.
量力而动，其过鲜矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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