rule of thumb idiom
C1 实用的估测方法；经验之谈；经验法则
a practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something
A good rule of thumb is that a portion of rice is two handfuls. 有个方便实用的估算方法，即两把生米便是够一人吃的量。
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