「量入為出」
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Pronunciation: | loeng6 jap6 wai4 ceot1 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
量 amount; to measure; quantity; volume; capacity; to weigh; to consider 入 to enter; to go into; to be admitted into; to join; to participate; to buy; to stock up on; to conform to; to agree with 為 to act as; to be; in order to; to become; for; for the sake of; for the purpose of; because of; to do; to practice; to act 出 to go out; to come out; to issue; to publish; to produce; to grow; to appear; to offer; to give; to provide; to go beyond; to use; to bring out; to show |
Variants: | Variants: 量入爲出 |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
to live within one's means; to keep the expenditure within the limits of revenues
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See also: | 睇餸食飯 |
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