dào​bù​rú

be no better than

  • created reference approved 倒不如 → 不如 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒不如 dào​bù​rú

    不如 bù​rú

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 倒不如 · dào​bù​rú · be no better than — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒不如

    dào​bù​rú

    be no better than

    to be inferior to; contrary to what was expected, it is not as good as [[不如|不如|bu4 ru2]]

    dào​bu​rú

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · [unexpected/contrary] 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · not as good as

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 倒不如 · dào​bù​rú · it would be better to — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    倒不如

    dào​bù​rú

    it would be better to

    used to suggest a better alternative or course of action; might as well

    dào​bu​rú

    倒 (literal) → 倒 · dào · [unexpected/contrary] 不如 (literal) → 不如 · bù​rú · it would be better to

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense