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相形见绌 (相形見絀)
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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. 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"。

Examples

相形见绌
prove inferior by comparison; pale by comparison; be outshone
相形见绌
相形见绌
相形见绌
not to be outdone
为了不相形见绌
to put sb/sth to shame
使某人/某事相形见绌
The skyscraper dwarfed all of the surrounding buildings.
这座摩天大楼使周围的建筑物相形见绌
He is rich, but he pales beside Bill Gates.
他很富有,但跟比尔盖茨比就相形见绌了。
For a relatively tiny exhibition, Nintendo put Sony to shame.
在一个相对较小的展览上,任天堂使索尼相形见绌

Word Decomposition


[xiāng]
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[xíng]
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[jiàn]
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[chù]

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