







酌盈剂虚 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to use the surplus to make up for the deficiency”. To balance out by taking from the abundant to supplement the lacking. Literally, “Pour from the full to patch the empty”.

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Open the tool →酌盈剂虚 (zhuó yíng jì xū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to use the surplus to make up for the deficiency”.
酌盈剂虚 is pronounced zhuó yíng jì xū in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 酌盈剂虚 means “Pour from the full to patch the empty”. It is used to mean “to use the surplus to make up for the deficiency”.
拿多余的弥补不足的或亏损的。