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盡量

盡量

See also: 尽量

Chinese

 
to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)
 
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
trad. (盡量)
simp. (尽量)
alt. forms 儘量尽量

Verb

盡量

  1. to reach the limit
    喝酒節制盡量 [MSC, trad.]
    喝酒节制尽量 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā hējiǔ yǒu jiézhì, bù jìnliàng. [Pinyin]
    He drinks with moderation and doesn't reach his limit when he drinks.

Usage notes

Often confused with 儘量尽量 (jǐnliàng, “to the best of one's ability”) in speech and writing.

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