充其量
chōng qí liàng
Pinyin
Definition
充其量
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- at most
- at best
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
三缄其口
- 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
- 2 tight-lipped
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不胜其苦
- 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不厌其烦
- 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
- 2 to take great pains
- 3 to be very patient
不安其室
- 1 to be discontented with one's home
- 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
Sample Sentences
你省省吧!你就会说中文和英文,充其量就是个双语者,算哪门子语言学家?
Don't waste your breath! You only know Chinese and English, at most you're bilingual, what kind of linguist do you think that makes you?
诶,这可不好说,据我个人观察呢,时下年轻人确实喜欢寻求各种美食新体验,不过大多数充其量也就是吃货。
Agh, it's not really that easy to say. In my own view, young people these days really do like to seek out new dining experiences, but the majority of people at most are foodies.