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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
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)
HSK 1
for example
HSK 2
analogy / instance / for instance
HSK 5
proportion / scale
HSK 3
competition (sports etc) / match / CL: 場|场, / to compete
HSK 3
score (of a game or competition)
HSK 4
to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
for example; for instance; such as
HSK 2
to compare
HSK 3
to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison
HSK 3
to be just like; can be compared to
HSK 7-9
proportion / specific gravity
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *比* | 比* | *比
Belgium / Belgian / abbr. for 比利時|比利时
signal-to-noise ratio
to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
HSK 7-9
waist-to-hip ratio
to liken oneself to (sb or sth)
compared with
HSK 7-9
Caribbean Sea
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
percentage
HSK 7-9
proportion; percentage
for example; for instance
incomparable; matchless
HSK 7-9
by comparison
HSK 7-9
geometric progression
kopeck (unit of money, one hundredth of ruble) (loanword)
can be compared / to be very similar
halibut
to vary inversely / inversely proportional to
incomparable
score (of a game or competition)
cost-performance ratio
HSK 7-9
inverse square law (physics)
can't compare with
HSK 7-9
to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
to make invidious comparisons / to compete with / to emulate
Ethiopia
(loanword) daddy
scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
HSK 7-9
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
pizza (loanword) / CL: 張|张
can be found everywhere
HSK 7-9
comparable
Mississippi River
(slang) silly but amusing person
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!
direct proportionality
(statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year; year over year
neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
(statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
color contrast
(psychology) contrastive association
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
BYD Auto, PRC car company
BYD Company (company name)
Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uighur Congress
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
love is more solid than gold (idiom)
far-flung realms as next door (idiom) / close in spirit although far away
sporting event / item on program of sports competition
Wahhabism (a conservative sect of Islam)
unlike
screen-to-body ratio (of a smartphone etc)
(literary) when / by the time / Taiwan pr. [bi4 ji2]
martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest
Bitcoin (cryptocurrency)
to evaluate (by comparison)
Libya
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
Abiud (son of Zerubbabel)
(Internet slang) to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands)
comparatively speaking
Colombia (country in South America) / Columbia (name of various entities, mostly in the USA)
Beverly Hills
to liken to / to compare to
(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal / Taiwan pr. [bi4 bu3]
time trial (e.g. in cycle race) / timed race / competition against the clock
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb) / fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni")
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
inversely proportional / inverse ratio
extremely ugly / incomparably hideous
Mississippi, US state
to conspire / to gang up
Shakespeare (name) / William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
compound ratio
to be comparable to
to liken to / to compare to
to compete fiercely / contest
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金
to defeat; to be superior to
(name) Rabiye or Rebiya / Rebiya Kadeer (1946–), Uyghur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999–2005, then president of the World Uyghur Congress
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
having matchless strength
according to / in the light of / contrast

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