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MEANING OF 比上不足比下有余

比上不足比下有余
(比上不足比下有餘)

Definition to fall short of the best but be better than the worst / can pass muster

Usage

Characters 比 bǐ/bì 上 shàng 不 bù/bú 足 zú 下 xià 有 yǒu 余 (餘) yú

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PinYin bǐ shàng bù zú bǐ xià yǒu yú    Simplified 比上不足比下有余    Traditional 比上不足比下有餘

1. to fall short of the best but be better than the worst
2. can pass muster

Similar Words

• 比
• 比一比
• 比上不足比下有余
• 比下去
• 比不上
• 比丘
• 比丘尼
• 比亚
• 比亚迪
• 比亚迪汽车
• 比什凯克

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比上不足，比下有余

比上不足，比下有餘

bǐ shàng bù zú, bǐ xià yǒu yú

phr. better than some, though not as good as others; fair to middling

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How to pronounce "比上不足,比下有余""比上不足,比下有余" in a sentence

Translation

• not up to those above,but above those below -- middling
  passable
  tolerable
  fall short of the best but be better than the worst
  can pass muster
  

• "比上不足比下有余" in English :    fallshortofthebestbutbebetterthanthewo ...
• "比下有余" in English :    worse off than some better off than ma ...
• "比上不足" in English :    given cold shoulder; worse off than so ...
• "下有余" in English :    worse off than some better off than ma ...
• "上不足" in English :    worse off than some better off than ma ...
• "损有余,益不足" in English :    rational adjustment
• "将有余补不足" in English :    take the surplus here to make up the d ...
• "损有余益不足" in English :    rational adjustment
• "世界上不足够" in English :    world is not enough
• "成事不足,败事有余" in English :    not good enough to accomplish anything ...
• "成事不足败事有余" in English :    unable to achieve anything but good at ...
• "日计不足,岁计有余" in English :    Counting daily it is not much,but coun ...
• "日计不足，岁计有余" in English :    counting daily it is not much, but cou ...
• "心有余而力不足" in English :    the spirit is willing, but the flesh i ...
• "心有余力而不足" in English :    eyes are bigger than one’s stomach

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