"比上不足,比下有餘" meaning in Chinese

See 比上不足,比下有餘 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pei̯³⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/, /pei̯³⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: bǐ shàng bùzú [Mandarin, Pinyin], bǐ xià yǒuyú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bei² soeng⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bǐ shàng bùzú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bǐ xià yǒuyú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bǐ shàng bùzú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], bǐ sià yǒuyú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pi³ shang⁴ pu⁴-tsu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], pi³ hsia⁴ yu³-yü² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bǐ shàng bù-dzú- [Mandarin, Yale], bǐ syà yǒu-yú [Mandarin, Yale], bii shanq butzwu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], bii shiah yeouyu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], би шан буцзу [Mandarin, Palladius], би ся ююй [Mandarin, Palladius], bi šan buczu [Mandarin, Palladius], bi sja jujuj [Mandarin, Palladius], béi seuhng bāt jūk, béi hah yáuh yùh [Cantonese, Yale], bei² soeng⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], béi² sêng⁶ bed¹ zug¹, béi² ha⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 比上不足,比下有余
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 比上不足,比下有餘
  1. not as good as the best ones, but better than the worst ones Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-比上不足,比下有餘-zh-phrase-snlY4X6T Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "glosses": [
        "not as good as the best ones, but better than the worst ones"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "worst",
          "worst"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ shàng bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ xià yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei² soeng⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ shàng bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ xià yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ shàng bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ sià yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi³ shang⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi³ hsia⁴ yu³-yü²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ shàng bù-dzú-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ syà yǒu-yú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bii shanq butzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bii shiah yeouyu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "би шан буцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "би ся ююй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi šan buczu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi sja jujuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "béi seuhng bāt jūk, béi hah yáuh yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei² soeng⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "béi² sêng⁶ bed¹ zug¹, béi² ha⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pei̯³⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pei̯³⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "比上不足,比下有餘"
}
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      "form": "比上不足,比下有余",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 上",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 下",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 有",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 比",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 足",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 餘",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not as good as the best ones, but better than the worst ones"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ],
        [
          "worst",
          "worst"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ shàng bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ xià yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei² soeng⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ shàng bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ xià yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ shàng bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ sià yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi³ shang⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi³ hsia⁴ yu³-yü²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ shàng bù-dzú-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ syà yǒu-yú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bii shanq butzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bii shiah yeouyu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "би шан буцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "би ся ююй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi šan buczu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi sja jujuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "béi seuhng bāt jūk, béi hah yáuh yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei² soeng⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷, bei² haa⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "béi² sêng⁶ bed¹ zug¹, béi² ha⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pei̯³⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pei̯³⁵ sœːŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ pei̯³⁵ haː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "比上不足,比下有餘"
}

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