量腹
liàng fù
Pinyin

Definition

量腹
 - 
liàng fù
  1. to estimate how much food is required for a meal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jǐn liàng
  1. 1 as much as possible
  2. 2 to the greatest extent
lì liang
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 force
  3. 3 strength
dà liàng
  1. 1 great amount
  2. 2 large quantity
  3. 3 bulk
  4. 4 numerous
  5. 5 generous
  6. 6 magnanimous
shù liàng
  1. 1 amount
  2. 2 quantity
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 quantitative
liú liàng
  1. 1 flow rate
  2. 2 rate
  3. 3 throughput
  4. 4 site traffic (Internet)

Idioms (20)

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)
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)
剖腹藏珠
pōu fù cáng zhū
  1. 1 lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
功德无量
gōng dé wú liàng
  1. 1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
口蜜腹剑
kǒu mì fù jiàn
  1. 1 lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous