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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 相形见绌
[xiāngxíngjiànchù]
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跟另一方比较,显得远远不足(形:对照;绌:不足)。
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2.
"绌"不读zhuō,也不要误写作"拙"。
Examples
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相形见绌
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prove inferior by comparison; pale by comparison; be outshone
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相形见绌
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相形见绌
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相形见绌。
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not to be outdone
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为了不相形见绌
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to put sb/sth to shame
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使某人/某事相形见绌
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The skyscraper dwarfed all of the surrounding buildings.
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这座摩天大楼使周围的建筑物相形见绌。
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He is rich, but he pales beside Bill Gates.
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他很富有,但跟比尔盖茨比就相形见绌了。
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For a relatively tiny exhibition, Nintendo put Sony to shame.
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在一个相对较小的展览上,任天堂使索尼相形见绌。
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Word Decomposition
相
[xiāng]
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形
[xíng]
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见
[jiàn]
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绌
[chù]
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