比上不足，比下有餘

Chinese
 
side by side; compare; to gesture
side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
insufficient; inadequate; lacking
insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough
 
side by side; compare; to gesture
side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio
 
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
to have an abundance; odd; about
to have an abundance; odd; about; or so
trad. (比上不足，比下有餘) 比 上 不足 ， 比 下 有餘
simp. (比上不足，比下有余) 比 上 不足 ， 比 下 有余

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǐ shàng bùzú, bǐ xià yǒuyú
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ , ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): bei2 soeng6 bat1 zuk1, bei2 haa6 jau5 jyu4

Idiom

比上不足，比下有餘

  1. not as good as the best ones, but better than the worst ones
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