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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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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)
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for example / for instance / such as
HSK 2
for example
HSK 2
proportion / scale
HSK 3
to compare
HSK 3
competition (sports etc) / match / CL: 場|场, / to compete
HSK 3
to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison
HSK 3
to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
score (of a game or competition)
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proportion / specific gravity
HSK 5
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
compared with
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percentage
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to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
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to be just like; can be compared to
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can't compare with
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to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
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by comparison
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incomparable; matchless
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can be found everywhere
HSK 7-9
cost-performance ratio
HSK 7-9
(slang) BBQ
Mozambique (Tw)
Ethiopia (Tw)
to compare prices; to compare offers / price ratio; price parity; rate of exchange
Namibia
Babylon
(Internet slang) to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利時|比利时
rabbi (loanword)
analogy / (Tw) (electronics) analog
Mississippi, US state
Bill Gates (1955-), co-founder of Microsoft
bikini (loanword)
Caribbean Sea
to evaluate (by comparison)
comparison / to verify by comparing
T'bilisi, capital of Georgia 格魯吉亞|格鲁吉亚
compound ratio
Belgium
ratio; rate; proportion
contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast
Colombia / Columbia (District of, or University etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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euphemistic variant of
Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), Los Angeles Lakers NBA star
unlike
P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
Thebes, place name in ancient Egypt / Thebes, ancient Greek city state
Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
comparable
BYD Company (company name)
Zambia
Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence
incomparable
Bill (name)
rupee (Indian currency) (loanword)
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
according to / in the light of / contrast
Shakespeare (name) / William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (Tw)
(literary) every year; year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
comparative degree
score (of a game or competition)
Gambia (Tw)
to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison
(HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940-2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
Libya
to gesture / to gesticulate / to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher / to fight / to come to blows
Zambia (Tw)
Pisa, town in Toscana, Italy
(loanword) pizza
scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale
color contrast
(literary) next-door neighbor / near; next to / Taiwan pr. [bi4lin2]
burpee (loanword)
(sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals)
Liberia (Tw)
Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
for example; for instance
Gambia
to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
Guinea-Bissau
Leipzig, city in the state of Saxony, Germany
shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
flatfish / flounder
lately / recently
Liberia
Leaning Tower of Pisa
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
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!
comparative literature
Rugby (game) / Rugby school in England
São Tomé and Príncipe
Iberia / the Iberian peninsula
(idiom) very big; huge
Ethiopia
Mississippi River
comparatively speaking

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