不相上下

Chinese

		not; no	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	high and low; from top to bottom
simp. and trad. (不相上下)		不	相	上下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxiāngshàngxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ soeng¹ soeng⁶ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxiāngshàngxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsiangshàngsià
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsiang¹-shang⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: bù-syāng-shàng-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bushiangshanqshiah
    • Palladius: бусяншанся (busjanšansja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ soeng¹ soeng⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: bāt sēung seuhng hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ soeng¹ soeng⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ sêng¹ sêng⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ²² haː²²/

Idiom

不相上下

1. to rival one another; to be on a par; to be equally matched; to be about the same

   • 張成澤利用經常陪同金正恩同志進行現場指導的機會，試圖向對內外顯示他是同革命的首腦部不相上下的特別存在，以造成對他的幻想。 [MSC, trad.]
     张成泽利用经常陪同金正恩同志进行现场指导的机会，试图向对内外显示他是同革命的首脑部不相上下的特别存在，以造成对他的幻想。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2013, Korean Central News Agency, “Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed”

     Zhāng Chéngzé lìyòng jīngcháng péitóng Jīn Zhèng'ēn tóngzhì jìnxíng xiànchǎng zhǐdǎo de jīhuì, shìtú xiàng duì nèiwài xiǎnshì tā shì tóng gémìng de shǒunǎobù bùxiāngshàngxià de tèbié cúnzài, yǐ zàochéng duì tā de huànxiǎng. [Pinyin]

     Abusing the honor of often accompanying Kim Jong Un during his field guidance, Jang tried hard to create illusion about him by projecting himself internally and externally as a special being on a par with the headquarters of the revolution.

Derived terms

• 旗鼓相當／旗鼓相当 (qígǔxiāngdāng)
• (Hokkien) 相拍𣍐過田岸／相拍𫧃过田岸