相形見絀

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)		相	形	見	絀
simp. (相形见绌)		相	形	见	绌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngxíngjiànchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ jing⁴ gin³ zyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngxíngjiànchù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangsíngjiànchù
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-hsing²-chien⁴-chʻu⁴
    • Yale: syāng-syíng-jyàn-chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshyngjiannchuh
    • Palladius: сянсинцзяньчу (sjansinczjanʹču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ jing⁴ gin³ zyut³
    • Yale: sēung yìhng gin jyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ jing⁴ gin³ dzyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ ying⁴ gin³ jud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹ kiːn³³ t͡syːt̚³/

Idiom

相形見絀

1. 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。 [MSC, trad.]
     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。 [MSC, simp.]

     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. [Pinyin]

     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.

Synonyms

• 黯然失色 (ànránshīsè)