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Jyutping zi6 loeng6
Pinyin zì liàng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. estimate one's own ability; to know one's own capabilities and limit
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to estimate one's own ability or strength
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    单凭你点可以搬得起张凳啊?真系不自量力!
    單憑你點可以搬得起張凳啊?真係不自量力!
    daan1 pang4 nei5 dim2 ho2 ji5 bun1 dak1 hei2 zoeng1 dang3 aa3? zan1 hai6 bat1 zi6 loeng6 lik6!
    • Don't overestimate your ability! How can you move this chair on your own?
  2. Cantonese
    阿松咁嘅尊容都学人走去做男花,好心佢自量吓啦。
    阿松咁嘅尊容都學人走去做男花,好心佢自量吓啦。
    • A-chung looks like that but still tried to become a "male flower". He'd better know his place.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    世上最可笑的是那些“知识里手”,有了道听涂说的一知半解,便自封为“天下第一”,适足见其不自量而已。
    世上最可笑的是那些“知識裏手”,有了道聽塗説的一知半解,便自封為“天下第一”,適足見其不自量而已。
    shì shàng zuì kě xiào de shì nà xiē “ zhī shi lǐ shǒu ” , yǒu le dào tīng tú shuō de yī zhī bàn jiě , biàn zì fēng wéi “ tiān xià dì yī ” , shì zú jiàn qí bù zì liàng ér yǐ .
    • The most ridiculous person in the world is the “know all” who picks up a smattering of hearsay knowledge and proclaims themselves “the world's Number One authority”; this merely shows that they have not taken a proper measure of themselves.