度德量力
Meanings
- to weigh and analyze one's abilities to see if one is best suited for a job; to analyze one's moral values and integrity to see if one's behavior is convincible
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Tone and syllable differences from Unihan
- 度 has the reading dok6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is dou6. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 度 dok6 as its own entry.
- 量 is read loeng6 here; Unihan’s citation reading is loeng4. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 量 loeng6 as its own entry.
Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: duo2 de2 liang4 li4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
dok6 dak1 loeng6 lik6
Cantonese word readings for 度德量力. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
phrase
- (idiomatic) to estimate one's own moral and material strength
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