尺度
chǐ dù
Pinyin

Definition

尺度
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chǐ dù
  1. scale
  2. yardstick

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

度
dù
  1. 1 to pass
  2. 2 to spend (time)
  3. 3 measure
  4. 4 limit
  5. 5 extent
  6. 6 degree of intensity
  7. 7 degree (angles, temperature etc)
  8. 8 kilowatt-hour
  9. 9 classifier for events and occurrences
速度
sù dù
  1. 1 speed
  2. 2 rate
  3. 3 velocity
  4. 4 (music) tempo
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
一度
yī dù
  1. 1 for a time
  2. 2 at one time
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
再度
zài dù
  1. 1 once more
  2. 2 once again
  3. 3 one more time
制度
zhì dù
  1. 1 system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
  2. 2 institution
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (12)

付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
  1. 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth without considering the risks
  3. 3 to leave out of consideration
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
咫尺天涯
zhǐ chǐ tiān yá
  1. 1 so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
垂涎三尺
chuí xián sān chǐ
  1. 1 to drool (over) (idiom)
  2. 2 to yearn for
  3. 3 to covet
  4. 4 to crave

Sample Sentences

你的尺度这么宽啊？不过艺术和色情的确只是一线之差。
nǐ de chǐdù zhè me kuān a ？bùguò yìshù hé sèqíng díquè zhǐshì yīxiànzhīchā 。
Are you really that accepting? But there is just a fine line between art and sleaze.
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