量入为出 — Chinese idiom
量入为出
liàng rù wéi chū
Traditional: 量入為出
Meaning
- to assess one's income and spend accordingly ; to live within one's means
- You can only spend what you earn.
Character by character
- 量liàngmeasure, volume; amount, quantity
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
Idioms sharing a character
- 不自量力 bù zì liàng lì
- 功德无量 gōng dé wú liàng
- 宽宏大量 kuān hóng dà liàng
- 有商有量 yǒu shāng yǒu liàng
- 量力而行 liàng lì ér xíng
- 量才录用 liàng cái lù yòng
- 量体裁衣 liàng tǐ cái yī
- 一拥而入 yī yōng ér rù
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不堪入耳 bù kān rù ěr
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