相形見絀 [－－见绌]

Jyutping soeng1 jing4 gin3 zyut6
Pinyin xiāng xíng jiàn chù

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    指同​某​啲​嘢​相比之下​，​顯得​原本​嗰​樣​嘢​冇​咁​好​；​唔​一定​係​嗰​樣​嘢​有​問​題​，​可以​係​比​較​嘅​對​象​太​好​而​比​唔​上
    comparatively inferior

相形見絀 [－－见绌]

Jyutping soeng1 jing4 gin3 zyut3
Pinyin xiāng xíng jiàn chù

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to pale by comparison (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    指同​某​啲​嘢​相比之下​，​顯得​原本​嗰​樣​嘢​冇​咁​好​；​唔​一定​係​嗰​樣​嘢​有​問​題​，​可以​係​比​較​嘅​對​象​太​好​而​比​唔​上
    comparatively inferior
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    pale by comparison; be outshone
    (syn.) 黯然失色
    • 接著講理查遜的《帕摩娜》，這是當時風行的盧梭書信體小説，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。
      jiē zhe jiǎng lǐ chá xùn de “ pà mó nà ” ， zhè shì dāng shí fēng xíng de lú suō shū xìn tǐ xiǎo shuō ， dàn shì bǐ qǐ wǒ dú guo de “ shào nián wéi tè zhī fán nǎo ” lái ， yòu xiàng xíng jiàn chù 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.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    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。
    接著講理查遜的《帕摩娜》，這是當時風行的盧梭書信體小説，但是比起我讀過的《少年維特之煩惱》來，又相形見絀了。
    jiē zhe jiǎng lǐ chá xùn de “ pà mó nà ” ， zhè shì dāng shí fēng xíng de lú suō shū xìn tǐ xiǎo shuō ， dàn shì bǐ qǐ wǒ dú guo de “ shào nián wéi tè zhī fán nǎo ” lái ， yòu xiàng xíng jiàn chù 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.