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相形見絀
简 相形见绌 · 繁 相形見絀Mandarin · pinyin xiāng xíng jiàn chù
Meanings
- to pale by comparison (idiom)
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1–2–4–4 · xiang1 xing2 jian4 chu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
soeng1 jing4 gin3 zyut3
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soeng1 jing4 gin3 zyut3
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.
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phrase
- (idiomatic) pale by comparison; be outshone
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