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Chinese
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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
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形
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| simp. (相形见绌)
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Pronunciation
Idiom
相形見絀
- pale by comparison; be outshone
接著講理查遜的《帕摩娜》，這是當時風行的盧梭書信體小說，但是比起我讀過的《少年維特之煩惱》來，又相形見絀了。
接著讲理查逊的《帕摩娜》，这是当时风行的卢梭书信体小说，但是比起我读过的《少年维特之烦恼》来，又相形见绌了。 - From: 2016, Xu Yuanchong, Dreams and Truths, Henan Literature and Art Publishing House (March 2017), page 109
- Jiēzhe jiǎng Lǐcháxùn de “Pàmónà”, zhè shì dāngshí fēngxíng de Lúsuō shūxìn tǐ xiǎoshuō, dànshì bǐqǐ wǒ dúguo de “Shàonián Wéitè Zhī Fánnǎo” lái, yòu xiàngxíngjiànchù le.
- Then Richardson's Pamela was taught. It's an epistolary novel popular at the time. However, The Sorrows of Young Werther, which I had read before, made it pale by comparison.
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