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相形見絀 (soeng1 jing4 gin3 zyut3) — pale into insignificance; pale beside another; prove inferior by contrast in Cantonese

soengˉ¹相jingˎ₄形gin˗₃見zyut˗₃絀
简 相形见绌
Mandarin Pinyin: xiang1 xing2 jian4 chu4

Meaning of 相形見絀

nounpale into insignificance; pale beside another; prove inferior by contrast

Characters in 相形見絀

相soeng1
toward
形jing4
form; shape; appearance; figure
見gin3
meet; call on; visit
絀zyut3
insufficient; inadequate

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