大差不差

Mandarin · pinyin dà chà bù chà

Meanings

  1. roughly the same
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
差
chà · chā · to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
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4–4–4–4 · da4 cha4 bu4 cha4

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  1. (originally dialectal Mandarin, now slang) roughly the same; about the same; not far off

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