to compete against; to measure oneself against; to go head to head (see who is best)
trad. 一較高下
Also written 一較高下【yī jiào gāo xià】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
较
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(bound form) to compare, (literary) to dispute, compared to, (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather, also pr. [jiao3]
- Pinyin
- jiào
- Traditional
- 較
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4961 of 2500
高
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surname Gao
- Pinyin
- Gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 681 of 2500
下
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down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action
- Pinyin
- xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 184 of 2500