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量入為出
  loeng4 jap6 wai4 ceot1   jyutping
  liang2 ru4 wei2 chu1   pinyin
to assess one's income and spend accordingly; to live within one's means; You can only spend what you earn.


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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
量入為出 / 量入为出

This word has been viewed 1589 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by yuetwoh on 24th Jan 2015 17:56 and last edited on 24th Jan 2015 17:57
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Characters in this word:

 loeng4 loeng6  -  measure; deliberate; amount; estimate
 jap6  -  enter
 wai4 wai6  -  do, act; serve as; be; for
 ceot1  -  go out; show up; exceed; put up; produce
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