度德量力

Chinese

capacity; degree; standard
Germany; virtue; goodness
Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
 
capacity; quantity; amount
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
 
power; force; strength
simp. and trad.
(度德量力)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duódéliànglì, duòdéliànglì
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ, ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): dok6 dak1 loeng6 lik6

Idiom

度德量力

  1. to estimate one's own moral and material strength