neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some
trad. 比上不足，比下有餘
Also written 比上不足，比下有餘【bǐ shàng bù zú , bǐ xià yǒu yú】
Characters in this word
7比
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Belgium, Belgian, abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- Pinyin
- Bǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 236 of 2500
上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
足
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excessive
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 12771 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
有
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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
余
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 15197 of 2500