量力
liàng lì
Pinyin

Definition

量力
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liàng lì
  1. to estimate one's strength

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

尽量
jǐn liàng
  1. 1 as much as possible
  2. 2 to the greatest extent
力
Lì
  1. 1 surname Li
力量
lì liang
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 force
  3. 3 strength
努力
nǔ lì
  1. 1 great effort
  2. 2 to strive
  3. 3 to try hard
压力
yā lì
  1. 1 pressure

Idioms (20)

不遗余力
bù yí yú lì
  1. 1 to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
力不胜任
lì bù shèng rèn
  1. 1 not to be up to the task (idiom)
  2. 2 incompetent
力不从心
lì bù cóng xīn
  1. 1 less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish
  2. 2 the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

Sample Sentences

啊哟，我们两个怎么聊起这么深奥的话题了？连佛洛伊德都解释不清这个现象，咱们还是不要自不量力了。
ā yō ，wǒmen liǎng ge zěnme liáo qǐ zhème shēn ào de huàtí le ？lián fóluòyīdé dōu jiěshì bù qīng zhè ge xiànxiàng ，zánmen hái shì bù yào zìbùliànglì le 。
Oh, how did the two of us start talking about such a deep and profound topic? Even Freud couldn't clearly explain this phenomenon. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here.
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看你这么认真妈妈真是以你为傲，但是比赛时记得量力而为，如果受伤了一定要跟同学讲，不要逞强。
kàn nǐ zhème rènzhēn māma zhēn shì yǐ nǐ wèi ào ，dànshì bǐsài shí jìde liànglìérwéi ，rúguǒ shòushāng le yīdìng yào gēn tóngxué jiǎng ，bú yào chěngqiáng 。
I'm so proud that you've taken things so seriously, but remember your limits when you're competing, if you get injured you should let your classmates know, don't push yourself to carry on.
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这种人情世故最麻烦了，又要满足别人期望，又要考虑到自身的经济状况，真是两难，但我觉得这种话也别太放在心上，包红包还是应该要量力而为呀！
zhèzhǒng rénqíng shìgù zuì máfan le ，yòu yào mǎnzú biérén qīwàng ，yòu yào kǎolǜ dào zìshēnde jīngjì zhuàngkuàng ，zhēn shì liǎng nán ，dàn wǒ juéde zhèzhǒng huà yě bié tài fàng zàixīnshàng ，bāo hóngbāo háishì yīnggāi yào liànglìérwèi ya ！
Dealing with people is always difficult, as you have to meet other people's expectations, but you also have to think about your own financial status, it's a real conundrum, but I think you shouldn't take it personally, you should just give within your capacity!
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话也不能这么说，养孩子还是量力而行，穷就穷养，富就富养，我们小时候经济条件可比现在差多了，父母不也把我们养大了。
huà yě bùnéng zhème shuō ，yǎng háizi háishì liánglìérxíng ，qióng jiù qióngyǎng ，fù jiù fùyǎng ，wǒmen xiǎoshíhou jīngjì tiáojiàn kě bǐ xiànzài chà duō le ，fùmǔ bù yě bǎ wǒmen yǎngdà le 。
I don't think you can say it's like that. Raising children has nothing to do with your capability. If one's poor, then you raise them poor. If one's rich, then you raise them rich. When we were kids, the economic conditions were a lot worse than they are now and our parents still raised us.
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