有余 (有餘) yǒuyú
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yǒuyú
set phrase
to have a fraction
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 有零 (Guoyu '有餘' 1) -
yǒuyú
set phrase
to have a something left over
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '有餘' 2)
Contained in
- 年年有余(年年有餘) (may you) have abundance year after year
- 游刃有余(遊刃有餘) handling a butcher's cleaver with ease; to do something skillfully and easily
- 心有余而力不足(心有餘而力不足) the will is there, but not the strength; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- 富富有余(富富有餘) richly provided for; having enough and to spare
- 留有余地(留有餘地) to leave some leeway; to allow for the unpredictable
- 吉庆有余(吉慶有餘) an abundance of joy
- 比上不足比下有余(比上不足比下有餘) to fall short of the best but be better than the worst; can pass muster
- 行有余力(行有餘力) after that, any remaining time
- 心有余悸(心有餘悸) a mind with lingering fears
- 成事不足,败事有余(成事不足,敗事有餘) unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything; unable to do anything right
- 恢恢有余(恢恢有餘) to have an abundance of space; room to maneuver
- 心有余,力不足(心有餘,力不足) The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).; I really want to do it, but don't have the resources.
- 死有余辜(死有餘辜) death cannot wipe out the crimes; dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
- 绰绰有余(綽綽有餘) enough and to spare
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- 第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 15
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 11
- 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 10
- 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 9
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 7
- 卷五十七 Scroll 57 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷一百七十八 志第一百三十一 食貨上六 Volume 178 Treatises 131: Finance and Economics 1f History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
- 《盡心章句下》 Commentary on Jin Xin II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 6
- 卷二十四上 食貨志 Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 6
Collocations
- 有余不足 (有餘不足) 視有餘不足之處 — Guanzi 管子, 度地第五十七 Chapter 57: Crossing Land — count: 7
- 有余岁 (有餘歲) 七百有餘歲矣 — Mencius 孟子, 公孫丑下 Gong Sun Chou II — count: 6
- 民有余 (民有餘) 田半墾而民有餘食而粟米多者 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 5
- 有余食 (有餘食) 田半墾而民有餘食而粟米多者 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — count: 5
- 人有余 (人有餘) 左右百人有餘 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛中 Book 4 - Universal Love II — count: 4
- 千有余 (千有餘) 千有餘里 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁下 Li Lou II — count: 4
- 日有余 (日有餘) 日有餘而治不足 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十四 詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings — count: 4
- 有余力 (有餘力) 至有餘力 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同上 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior I — count: 3
- 五百有余 (五百有餘) 五百有餘歲 — Mencius 孟子, 盡心下 Jin Xin II — count: 3
- 有余人 (有餘人) 貌執之士者百有餘人 — Xunzi 荀子, 堯問篇第三十二 Chapter 32: Yao Asks — count: 3