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有余

yǒu yú

2-character word Traditional 有餘

What 有余 means

1. to have an abundance

The characters in 有余

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 余yú(literary) I; me; variant of 余

Example sentences

• 心有余而力不足。
  Xīnyǒuyú'érlìbùzú.
  The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• 即使现在，偶尔还是会有余震。
  Jíshǐ xiànzài, ǒu'ěr háishi huì yǒuyú zhèn.
  Even now there are occasional aftershocks.
• 我的剑虽然是钝的，但应付你的话是绰绰有余的。
  Wǒ de jiàn suīrán shì dùn de, dàn yìngfu nǐ dehuà shì chuòchuòyǒuyú de.
  My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.

Words containing 有余

• 心有余悸xīn yǒu yú jìto have lingering fears; trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom)
• 游刃有余yóu rèn yǒu yúhandling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
• 绰绰有余chuò chuò yǒu yú(idiom) more than enough
• 富富有余fù fù yǒu yúrichly provided for; having enough and to spare
• 年年有余nián nián yǒu yúlit. (may you) have abundance year after year…
• 恢恢有余huī huī yǒu yúlit. to have an abundance of space; room to maneuver (idiom)
• 留有余地liú yǒu yú dìto leave some leeway; to allow for the unpredictable
• 行有余力xíng yǒu yú lìafter that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects)…
• 死有余辜sǐ yǒu yú gū(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
• 心有余而力不足xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zúthe will is there, but not the strength (idiom); the spirit is willing but the flesh is…
• 心有余，力不足xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zúThe will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).…
• 成事不足，败事有余chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yúunable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)…
• 比上不足，比下有余bǐ shàng bù zú , bǐ xià yǒu yúneither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some