相形見絀

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Chinese

each other; appearance; portrait
each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
 
to appear; to look; form
to appear; to look; form; shape
 
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 
crimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
trad. (相形見絀)
simp. (相形见绌)

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相形見絀

  1. pale by comparison; be outshone

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