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Definition(s) for: 量入为出

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
量入为出 liàng rù wéi chū - to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom); to live within one's means
- You can only spend what you earn.

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Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 63,543 53,739

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
liáng- to measure
liàng- capacity
- quantity
- amount
- to estimate
- abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar)
- measure word
- to enter; to go into
- to join; to become a member of
- (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2])
- abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1]
- (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
wéi- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)
wèi- because of
- for
- to
wéi- variant of 為|为[wei2]
wèi- variant of 為|为[wei4]
chū- to go out; to come out
- to arise; to occur
- to produce; to yield
- to go beyond; to exceed
- (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
- classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū- variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)

Other Words Containing 量入为出

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo