气量

氣量
qìliàng
noun #35,263

Meanings

  1. 1 tolerance / forbearance
  2. 2 magnanimity, broad-mindedness
  3. 3 (literally) capacity of spirit

Examples

Tā qìliàng hěn dà, cóng bù jìjiào xiǎoshì.
He is broad-minded and never bothers about trivial matters.
Qìliàng xiǎo de rén huó de hěn lèi.
Small-minded people live exhaustingly.

Tips

culture
气量 = generous / forgiving spirit; 气量 = petty / easily offended. The metaphor is volumetric — your ('spirit / breath / qi') has a ('quantity / capacity'). A close cousin is 度量 (dùliàng), used the same way. The opposite character trait is captured by 小心眼 (xiǎoxīnyǎn, 'small heart-eye' = petty).

Stroke Order

liàng