děng​tóng

equate

等同 děng​tóng
equate verb
to treat or regard different things as being the same

You cannot equate these two things.

equal verb
to be identical or equivalent to

His behavior is equivalent to betrayal.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.31 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.82 per million

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