充其量
chōng qí liàng
Pinyin

Definition

充其量
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chōng qí liàng
  1. at most
  2. at best

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

充值
chōng zhí
  1. 1 to recharge (money onto a card)
充值卡
chōng zhí kǎ
  1. 1 rechargeable card
  2. 2 to recharge a card
充满
chōng mǎn
  1. 1 full of
  2. 2 brimming with
  3. 3 very full
  4. 4 permeated
其
qí
  1. 1 his
  2. 2 her
  3. 3 its
  4. 4 their
  5. 5 that
  6. 6 such
  7. 7 it (refers to sth preceding it)
其中
qí zhōng
  1. 1 among
  2. 2 in
  3. 3 included among these
其他
qí tā
  1. 1 other
  2. 2 (sth or sb) else
  3. 3 the rest
其实
qí shí
  1. 1 actually
  2. 2 in fact
  3. 3 really
力量
lì liang
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 force
  3. 3 strength
能量
néng liàng
  1. 1 energy
  2. 2 capabilities
质量
zhì liàng
  1. 1 quality
  2. 2 (physics) mass
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
销量
xiāo liàng
  1. 1 sales volume
份量
fèn liang
  1. 1 see 分量[fèn liang]
尽量
jǐn liàng
  1. 1 as much as possible
  2. 2 to the greatest extent
充
chōng
  1. 1 to fill
  2. 2 to satisfy
  3. 3 to fulfill
  4. 4 to act in place of
  5. 5 substitute
  6. 6 sufficient
  7. 7 full
充分
chōng fèn
  1. 1 ample
  2. 2 sufficient
  3. 3 adequate
  4. 4 full
  5. 5 fully
  6. 6 to the full
充实
chōng shí
  1. 1 rich
  2. 2 full
  3. 3 substantial
  4. 4 to enrich
  5. 5 to augment
  6. 6 to substantiate (an argument)
充斥
chōng chì
  1. 1 to be full of
  2. 2 to flood
  3. 3 to congest
充气
chōng qì
  1. 1 to inflate
充沛
chōng pèi
  1. 1 abundant
  2. 2 plentiful
  3. 3 vigorous
充当
chōng dāng
  1. 1 to serve as
  2. 2 to act as
  3. 3 to play the role of

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
  1. 1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 to take great pains
  3. 3 to be very patient
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
  1. 1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
  2. 2 innumerable
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
  1. 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
充饥止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
  1. 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
其貌不扬
qí mào bù yáng
  1. 1 (idiom) nothing special to look at
  2. 2 unprepossessing
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
功德无量
gōng dé wú liàng
  1. 1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
  1. 1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth reluctantly
只知其一，不知其二
zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr
  1. 1 to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
各行其是
gè xíng qí shì
  1. 1 each one does what he thinks is right (idiom)
  2. 2 each goes his own way

Sample Sentences

你省省吧！你就会说中文和英文，充其量就是个双语者，算哪门子语言学家？
nǐ shěngshengba ！nǐ jiù huì shuō Zhōngwén hé Yīngwén ，chōngqíliáng jiùshì gè shuāngyǔ zhě ，suàn nǎménzi yǔyánxuéjiā ？
Don't waste your breath! You only know Chinese and English, at most you're bilingual, what kind of linguist do you think that makes you?
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诶，这可不好说，据我个人观察呢，时下年轻人确实喜欢寻求各种美食新体验，不过大多数充其量也就是吃货。
èi ，zhè kě bùhǎoshuō ，jù wǒ gèrén guānchá ne ，shíxià niánqīngrén quèshí xǐhuan xúnqiú gèzhǒng měishí xīn tǐyàn ，bùguò dàduōshù chōngqíliàng yějiùshì chīhuò 。
Agh, it's not really that easy to say. In my own view, young people these days really do like to seek out new dining experiences, but the majority of people at most are foodies.
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