Do according to one's ability
Li à NGL à Du ó D é is a Chinese idiom, which means to measure whether one's own virtue can convince others. It comes from Zuo Qiuming's "Zuo Zhuan · the eleventh year of Yin Gong".
Analysis of Idioms
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The origin of Idioms
Zuo Qiuming's the eleventh year of Zuo Zhuan's seclusion in the pre Qin period: "to be virtuous, to do according to one's ability."
Idiom usage
The meaning of the spring and Autumn Annals is to measure one's ability and virtue. Fan Ye's biography of Cui Shi
Chinese PinYin : liàng lì duó dé
Do according to one's ability
the family is declining and its wealth depleting out. mén shuāi zuò báo
even the rocks nod in approval during one 's preaching. wán shí diǎn tóu
heat intense enough to melt stone and metals. shuò shí liú jīn