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 cuò shī measure / step / CL:個|个[ge4]
 cè liáng survey / to measure / to gauge / to determine
 dǎ liang to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon
 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure
 jǔ cuò move / act / measure
 liáng shēn to take sb's measurements / to measure sb up
 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure
 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time
 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
 zhèng cè cuò shī policy measure
 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step
 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure
 dù liàng measure / tolerance / breadth / magnanimity / (math.) metric
 ān quán cuò shī safety feature / security measure
 zhēn fēng xiāng duì to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom) / tit for tat / measure for measure
 jù tǐ cuò shī specific measure
 yù fáng cuò shī protective step / protective measure
 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
 liáng cè to measure / measurement
 zhàng liáng to measure / measurement
 cè wēn to measure temperature
 liáng dù to measure / measurement
 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure
 yù fáng zhēn immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure
 cè dù measure (math.)
 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 / or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail
 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means.
 zhì liáo cuò shī curative measure
 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences
 liáng to measure
 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
 juǎn chǐ tape measure / tape rule / CL:把[ba3]
 zhuó liáng to consider / to allow for / to use one's discretion / to measure (food and drink)
 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters
 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles)
 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]
 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles)
 pí chǐ tape measure
 cè to survey / to measure / to conjecture
 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
 héng to weigh / weight / measure
 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 / (before Tang, ten pecks)
 kòu (a measure of width of cloth)
 yī bǎn sān yǎn lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. scrupulous attention to detail
 quán yí zhī cè stratagem of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step
 bù zì liàng not take a proper measure of oneself / to overrate one's own abilities
 bù kě gū liàng inestimable / incalculable / beyond measure
 bǎn yǎn measure in traditional Chinese music / orderliness
 cè liáng to survey and measure
 shí tàn xì carboniferous system / coal measure (geology)
 yóu xún yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles)
 yǔ stack of grain / dry measure equivalent to 16 斗[dou3] or 160 liters
 yī jiào gāo xià to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best)
 bù kě tōng yuē having no common measure / incommensurable / incommensurate
 rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
 bǎo mì cuò shī privacy measure / confidentiality arrangement
 dòng liàng cí verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to verbs
 shēng dǒu liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff
 kě tōng yuē commensurable / having a common measure
 míng liàng cí nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word applying mainly to nouns
 yìng jí cuò shī emergency measure
 cuò jǔ move / measure / step (to some end)
 fǎ shāng "legal quotient" (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law and one's standard of honorable conduct
 jīn liáng lit. ferry bridge / fig. interim measure over some difficulty / a guide
 huó dòng qū chǐ sliding bevel (to measure angles)
 jǔ chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles)
 wàn néng qū chǐ universal bevel (to measure angles)
 huò (archaic) to measure / yardstick / a standard
 jiǎo qū chǐ miter square (tool to measure angles)
 ruǎn chǐ soft ruler / tape measure
 tōng yuē common measure
 quán héng to measure and select talents
 gāng qū chǐ steel set square (tool to measure right angles)
 léi diàn jì brontometer / apparatus to measure thunder and lightning
 fēi cháng shǒu duàn an emergency measure
 tǐ zhòng qì scales (to measure body weight)
 Jī ní xì shù Gini coefficient (a measure of statistical dispersion)
 xíng zhèng cuò shī administrative measure
 lín shí cuò shī provisional measure / temporary measure
  voluntary measure
 zhì wài cuò shī extraterritorial measure
 shì chǎng tuī dòng cuò shī market-push measure
 è zhì chéng běn cuò shī cost-containing measure
 guó jì zhī zhù cuò shī international support measure
  trade-related environmental measure
 fǎn pàn luàn cuò shī counter-insurgency measure
  peacebuilding measure
 jì lu:4 cuò shī disciplinary measure
  gender empowerment measure
  enforcement measure
 zēng xiào cuò shī efficiency measure
 jiàn lì ān quán cuò shī security-building measure
 jī běn cuò shī basic measure
 bǔ chōng cuò shī supplementary measure
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