量入為出
Appearance
See also: 量入为出
Chinese
[edit]capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure |
to enter | because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become |
to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) | ||
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trad. (量入為出/量入爲出) | 量 | 入 | 為/爲 | 出 | |
simp. (量入为出) | 量 | 入 | 为 | 出 | |
anagram | 量出為入/量出为入 |
Etymology
[edit]From the Book of Rites, Book 5 (《禮記·王制》):
- 冢宰制國用,必於歲之杪,五穀皆入然後制國用。用地小大,視年之豐耗。以三十年之通制國用,量入以為出,祭用數之仂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhǒngzǎi zhì guóyòng, bì yú suì zhī miǎo, wǔgǔ jiē rù ránhòu zhì guóyòng. Yòng dì xiǎodà, shì nián zhī fēnghào. Yǐ sānshí nián zhī tōng zhì guóyòng, liàng rù yǐ wéi chū, jì yòng shù zhī lè. [Pinyin]
- The chief minister determined the expenditure of the states, and it was the rule that he should do so at the close of the year. When the five kinds of grain had all been gathered in, he then determined the expenditure - according to the size of each territory, as large or small, and the returns of the year, as abundant or poor. On the average of thirty years he determined the expenditure, regulating the outgoing by the income. A tenth of the (year's) expenditure was for sacrifices.
冢宰制国用,必于岁之杪,五谷皆入然后制国用。用地小大,视年之丰耗。以三十年之通制国用,量入以为出,祭用数之仂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄔㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liàngrùwéichu
- Wade–Giles: liang4-ju4-wei2-chʻu1
- Yale: lyàng-rù-wéi-chū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianqruhweichu
- Palladius: лянжувэйчу (ljanžuvɛjču)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: loeng6 jap6 wai4 ceot1
- Yale: leuhng yahp wàih chēut
- Cantonese Pinyin: loeng6 jap9 wai4 tsoet7
- Guangdong Romanization: lêng6 yeb6 wei4 cêd1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lœːŋ²² jɐp̚² wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]量入為出
- make ends meet; adjust one's expense to one's income; base one's expenditures upon one's income
- 2005: Shenzhen Business News staff, Shenzhen Business News
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