量入为出

拼音liàng rù wéi chū

英语翻译

cut one's coat according to one's cloth
keep expenditures within the limits of income; make both ends meet
pay as you go
【经】 measure expenditure by income

例句

什么，应该量入为出？——我们虽然穷，哈里，可我们还没穷到那么糟糕呢。
Live within our means? - we may be poor, Harry, but we are not that badly off.
什么，应该量入为出？——我们虽然穷，哈里，可我们还没究到那么糟呢。
Live within our means?—We may be poor, Harry, but we are not that badly off.

分词翻译

入的英语翻译：

agree with; enter; income; join

为的英语翻译：

act; become; do; for; for the sake of; in order to; mean; serve as

出的英语翻译：

come out; exceed; go
【医】 e-; ex-