多于 多於 duō yú more than / greater than 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 推波助澜 推波助瀾 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire syn 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 更大 gèng dà bigger / even bigger 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 几倍 幾倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc 大一些 dà yī xiē a bit bigger 中阮 zhōng ruǎn zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 but bigger and lower range 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 不过 不過 bù guò only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) 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 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several syn 先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn 更加 gèng jiā more (than sth else) / even more syn 物 wù (bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself / people other than oneself syn 不到 bù dào not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than syn 宁愿 寧願 nìng yuàn would rather ... (than ...) syn 以外 yǐ wài apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond syn 不止 bù zhǐ incessantly / without end / more than / not limited to syn 之下 zhī xià under / beneath / less than syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn 情愿 情願 qíng yuàn willingness / would rather (agree to X than Y) syn 过时 過時 guò shí old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon syn 于 於 yú (of time or place) in / at / on / (indicating any indirect relation) to / toward / vis-à-vis / with regard to / for / (indicating a source) from / out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by syn 往往 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not syn 十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten / a dozen or more 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 以内 以內 yǐ nèi within / less than syn 提早 tí zǎo ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time) syn 出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn 外勤 wài qín work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters) / fieldwork / field personnel / fieldworker 大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn 足足 zú zú fully / no less than / as much as / extremely syn 低于 dī yú to be lower than syn 大半 dà bàn more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye syn 高于 高於 gāo yú greater than / to exceed syn 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn 忍无可忍 忍無可忍 rěn wú kě rěn more than one can bear (idiom) / at the end of one's patience / the last straw 帮倒忙 幫倒忙 bāng dào máng to be more of a hindrance than a help syn 退步 tuì bù to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback syn 过剩 過剩 guò shèng to be excessive / to be more than is required syn 莅临 蒞臨 lì lín to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[guang1 lin2]) syn 何止 hé zhǐ far more than / not just syn 无异 無異 wú yì nothing other than / to differ in no way from / the same as / to amount to syn 多此一举 多此一舉 duō cǐ yī jǔ to do more than is required (idiom) / superfluous / gilding the lily syn 力不从心 力不從心 lì bù cóng xīn less capable than desirable (idiom) / not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak syn 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative 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 小于 小於 xiǎo yú less than, < syn 纪实 紀實 jì shí record of actual events / documentary (factual rather than fictional) 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 读音 讀音 dú yīn pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character 打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated syn 过半 過半 guò bàn over fifty percent / more than half syn 纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 zhǐ shàng tán bīng lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC syn 冤大头 冤大頭 yuān dà tóu spendthrift and foolish / sb with more money than sense syn 大龄 大齡 dà líng older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc) syn 岂止 豈止 qǐ zhǐ not only / far from / more than syn 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 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 应接不暇 應接不暇 yìng jiē bù xiá more than one can attend to (idiom) / deluged (with inquiries etc) / overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery) syn 浅海 淺海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep syn 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 不外 bù wài not beyond the scope of / nothing more than syn 不啻 bù chì just as / no less than / like (sth momentous) / as good as / tantamount to syn 低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn 赘述 贅述 zhuì shù to say more than is necessary / to give unnecessary details syn 多达 多達 duō dá up to / no less than / as much as 不亚于 不亞於 bù yà yú no less than / not inferior to 杂粮 雜糧 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat syn 胜似 勝似 shèng sì to surpass / better than / superior to syn 不过尔尔 不過爾爾 bù guò ěr ěr not more than so-so (idiom) / mediocre / nothing out of the ordinary 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 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 谈何容易 談何容易 tán hé róng yì easier said than done (idiom) syn 只不过 只不過 zhǐ bu guò only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ... syn 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) 高出 gāo chū to be higher (than the stated amount) by ... 一年多 yī nián duō more than a year 上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn 十数 十數 shí shù more than ten / a dozen or more 外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 外借 wài jiè to lend (sth other than money) / to borrow 有惊无险 有驚無險 yǒu jīng wú xiǎn to be more scared than hurt (idiom) / to get through a daunting experience without mishap syn 实体店 實體店 shí tǐ diàn brick and mortar business / physical (rather than online) retail store 保不住 bǎo bu zhù cannot maintain (sth) / unable to keep / more likely than not / may well 双拼 雙拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) 零担 零擔 líng dān less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation) 吃错药 吃錯藥 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal 商品粮 商品糧 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) 大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period) 红盘 紅盤 hóng pán (of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close 