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量入为出

liàng rù wéi chū

4-character word Traditional 量入為出

What 量入为出 means

1. to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom); to live within one's means
2. You can only spend what you earn.

The characters in 量入为出

• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield