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"better than some" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
比上不足，比下有余 比上不足，比下有餘 bǐ shàng - bù zú , bǐ xià - yǒu yú neither the best nor the worst / not too bad / better than some
Chinese Pinyin Translation
百闻不如一见 百聞不如一見 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
胜 勝 shèng victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) syn
蚊子再小也是肉 wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing
蚂蚱也是肉 螞蚱也是肉 mà zha yě shì ròu lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}") syn
宁缺毋滥 寧缺毋濫 nìng quē wú làn better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom) / would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
路上比终点更有意义 路上比終點更有意義 lù shang bǐ zhōng diǎn gèng yǒu yì yì The road means more than the destination. / It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
过程比终点更美 過程比終點更美 guò chéng bǐ zhōng diǎn gèng měi The process is more beautiful than the outcome. / It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
瘦死的骆驼比马大 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
大于 大於 dà yú greater than / bigger than / more than syn
哀莫大于心死 哀莫大於心死 āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
多一事不如少一事 duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better
非洲宽带倡议 非洲寬帶倡議 fēi zhōu kuān dài chàng yì Better Connectivity with Broadband to Africa Initiative / Better Connectivity with Broadband to Africa
有的 yǒu de (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) syn
不无小补 不無小補 bù wú xiǎo bǔ not be without some advantage / be of some help
成败利钝 成敗利鈍 chéng bài lì dùn succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom) / advantages and disadvantages / success and failure / You win some, you lose some. syn
有得有失 yǒu dé yǒu shī you win some, you lose some (idiom) / gains and losses / trade-off
祭出 jì chū to brandish (a figurative weapon, i.e. some measure intended to deal with the situation) / to resort to (some tactic)
胜似 勝似 shèng sì to surpass / better than / superior to syn
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn
矫饰 矯飾 jiǎo shì to put on airs / to pretend sth is better than it is / affectation syn
强似 強似 qiáng sì to be better than syn
赛 賽 sài to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel syn
比上不足比下有余 比上不足比下有餘 bǐ shàng bù zú bǐ xià yǒu yú to fall short of the best but be better than the worst / can pass muster
喧宾夺主 喧賓奪主 xuān bīn duó zhǔ lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish syn
先礼后兵 先禮後兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war
视如土芥 視如土芥 shì rú tǔ jiè to regard as useless / to view as no better than weeds
聊胜于无 聊勝於無 liáo shèng yú wú better than nothing (idiom) syn
耳闻不如目见 耳聞不如目見 ěr wén bù rú mù jiàn seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others
好汉不吃眼前亏 好漢不吃眼前虧 hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
知子莫若父 zhī zǐ mò ruò fù nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
另请高明 另請高明 lìng qǐng gāo míng please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
好死不如赖活着 好死不如賴活著 hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
带着希望去旅行，比到达终点更美好 帶著希望去旅行，比到達終點更美好 dài zhe xī wàng qù lǚ xíng , bǐ dào dá zhōng diǎn gèng měi hǎo It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
张家长，李家短 張家長，李家短 zhāng jiā cháng , lǐ jiā duǎn lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom) / to gossip about the neighbors
笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
赶前不赶后 趕前不趕後 gǎn qián bù gǎn hòu it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later (idiom)
临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
长痛不如短痛 長痛不如短痛 cháng tòng bù rú duǎn tòng better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
不怕一万，就怕万一 不怕一萬，就怕萬一 bù pà yī wàn , jiù pà wàn yī better to be safe than sorry (proverb) / to be prepared just in case
不怕慢，就怕站 bù pà màn , jiù pà zhàn it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)
冤家宜解不宜结 冤家宜解不宜結 yuān jiā yí jiě bù yí jié It is better to squash enmity rather than keeping it alive (proverb)
好记性不如烂笔头 好記性不如爛筆頭 hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
巧诈不如拙诚 巧詐不如拙誠 qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy
强如 強如 qiáng rú to be better than
山外有山，天外有天 shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
更胜 更勝 gèng shèng to be even better than / to be superior to
倒挂 倒掛 dào guà lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay syn
些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several syn
比 bǐ to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) syn
长物 長物 cháng wù (literary) things other than the bare necessities of life / item of some value / Taiwan pr. [zhang4 wu4] syn
挂一漏万 掛一漏萬 guà yī lòu wàn to mention some but omit many others (idiom) / to leave out much more than one includes syn
大有文章 dà yǒu wén zhāng some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this syn
多于 多於 duō yú more than / greater than
写意 寫意 xiě yì to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details syn
食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high
爱莫大于心死 愛莫大於心死 ài mò dà yú xīn sǐ nothing more sad than a withered heart / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / (popular culture misquotation of 哀莫大於心死|哀莫大于心死, saying attributed to Confuciu
血浓于水 血濃於水 xuè nóng yú shuǐ blood is thicker than water / fig. family ties are closer than social relations
猪狗不如 豬狗不如 zhū gǒu bù rú worse than a dog or pig / lower than low
宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾 nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
头痛医头，脚痛医脚 頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳 tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb) / reactive (rather than proactive)
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
拔根汗毛比腰粗 bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1])
还是 還是 hái shi still (as before) / had better / unexpectedly / or syn
最好 zuì hǎo best / had better ... / it would be best to ... syn
更好 gèng hǎo better / more
不如 bù rú not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to syn
改善 gǎi shàn to make better / to improve / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
好多 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better syn
改进 改進 gǎi jìn to improve / to make better / improvement / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
较好 較好 jiào hǎo better
好转 好轉 hǎo zhuǎn to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement syn
日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day syn
宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils syn
另一半 lìng yī bàn other half / (fig.) spouse / one's better half
再好 zài hǎo even better
转机 轉機 zhuǎn jī (to take) a turn for the better / to change planes syn
上进 上進 shàng jìn to make progress / to do better / fig. ambitious to improve oneself / to move forwards syn
好起来 好起來 hǎo qǐ lai to get better / to improve / to get well
高下 gāo xià relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc) syn
转念 轉念 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn
好受 hǎo shòu feeling better / to be more at ease syn
趁早 chèn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late syn
起色 qǐ sè a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve syn
感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn
宁肯 寧肯 nìng kěn would rather... / it would be better... / would prefer syn
转好 轉好 zhuǎn hǎo improvement / turnaround (for the better)
同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ shared delights and common hardships (idiom) / to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse syn
甘苦 gān kǔ good times and hardships / joys and tribulations / for better or for worse syn
多多益善 duō duō yì shàn the more the better syn
莫如 mò rú it would be better syn
北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit
略胜一筹 略勝一籌 lüè shèng yī chóu slightly better / a cut above syn
赶早 趕早 gǎn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late syn
弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one syn
无出其右 無出其右 wú chū qí yòu matchless / without equal / there is nothing better syn
不知者不罪 bù zhī zhě bù zuì One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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