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相形见绌
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

相形见绌 [xiāngxíngjiànchù]
  1. 1. pale into insignificance

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

相形见绌 [xiāngxíngjiànchù]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] prove inferior by comparison; pale by comparison; be outshone; dwarf
    鬼见愁，名字听来令人生畏；但比起我们爬过的一些高山来，未免相形见绌了。
    The Devil's Frown, despite its forbidding name, pales beside some of the mountains we have climbed.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

相形见绌 [xiāngxíngjiànchù]
  1. 1. 跟另一方比较，显得远远不足(形：对照；绌：不足)。
  2. 2. "绌"不读ｚｈｕō，也不要误写作"拙"。
See more results for 相形见绌 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

鬼见愁，名字听来令人生畏；但比起我们爬过的一些高山来，未免相形见绌了。
The Devil's Frown, despite its forbidding name, pales beside some of the mountains we have climbed. → 相形见绌
相形见绌
prove inferior by comparison; pale by comparison; be outshone → 绌
相形见绌 → 绌
相形见绌 → 见
相形见绌。 → 形
not to be outdone
为了不相形见绌 → outdo
to put sb/sth to shame
使某人/某事相形见绌 → shame

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