量器
liáng qì
Pinyin
Definition
量器
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- measuring vessel
- measuring apparatus
Character Decomposition
Idioms (19)
不打不成器
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
- 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
功德无量
- 1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
大器晚成
- 1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
- 2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
- 3 Rome wasn't built in a day
宽宏大量
- 1 magnanimous (idiom); generous