lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom); fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison
trad. 小巫見大巫
Also written 小巫見大巫【xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū】
Characters in this word
4小
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small, tiny, few, young
- Pinyin
- xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 245 of 2500
巫
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surname Wu, also pr. [Wu2]
- Pinyin
- Wū
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 39070 of 2500
见
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to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 見
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 278 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500