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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

高低 [gāodī]
  1. 1. noun [高低程度] height
  2. 2. noun [高下] difference
  3. 3. noun [深浅] appropriateness

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

高低 [gāodī]
  1. 1. height
    山崖的高低
    the height of a cliff
    声调的高低
    the pitch of a voice
    分数的高低虽不能完全代表学生的能力，但也能说明一些问题。
    就这破玩意儿，也想要测量山的高低，能行吗？
  2. 2. relative superiority or inferiority
    争个高低
    vie with each other to see who is better
    难分高低
    hard to tell which is better
    我不知道他们的高低情况。
    他们想要一决高低。
  3. 3. sense of propriety; discretion
    不知高低
    not know what's proper; have no sense of propriety
    真是个高低不分的家伙。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

高低 [gāodī]
  1. 1. 形 高和低
    路面高低不平
  2. 2. 名 高低的程度;高度
    科技水平的高低是综合国力的体现
  3. 3. 名 好坏、优劣的程度
    两人的水平难分高低
  4. 4. 名 (说话、做事的)深浅轻重,利害得失
    这孩子不知高低,张口就训人
  5. 5. 副 表示无论如何
    今天高低得把这篇稿子改完
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Examples

加工工艺的高低直接决定着产品质量的高低。 → 加工
建筑水平高低与当时的技术水平的高低密切相关。 → 建筑
山崖的高低
the height of a cliff → 高低
声调的高低
the pitch of a voice → 高低
争个高低
vie with each other to see who is better → 高低
难分高低
hard to tell which is better → 高低
不知高低
not know what's proper; have no sense of propriety → 高低
你这人真不识眉眼高低，谁都看得出她正发愁呢。
You should learn to read a person's thoughts from his face. Anyone can see she's worrying about something. → 眉眼高低
分数的高低虽不能完全代表学生的能力，但也能说明一些问题。 → 高低
就这破玩意儿，也想要测量山的高低，能行吗？ → 高低
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Word Decomposition

高
[gāo] 		+ 低
[dī]

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