不如 bùrú
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bùrú
verb
not equal to; not as good as
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 巧詐不如拙誠 'it is better to be simplictically honest than cleverly deceitful', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Q102'; GHC '不如' 1; NCCED '不如' 1). -
bùrú
adverb
inferior to; it would be better to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison , Concept: Correlative 关联词
Notes: This adverb is often used as a connecting word in the main clause of subordinate complex sentences (NCCED '不如' 2).
Contained in
- 猪狗不如(豬狗不如) worse than a dog or pig; lower than low
- 言教不如身教 Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example . Action speaks louder than words.
- 闻名不如见面(聞名不如見面) knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person
- 好死不如赖活着(好死不如賴活著) better a bad life than a good death
- 一代不如一代 to be getting worse with each generation
- 一日不如一日(一日不如一日) to be getting worse by the day
- 来得早不如来得巧(來得早不如來得巧) arriving early can't beat coming at the right time; perfect timing
- 今不如昔 things are not as good as they used to be
- 自愧不如 ashamed of being inferior; to feel inferior to others
- 不如人意 leaving much to be desired; unsatisfactory; undesirable
- 药补不如食补(藥補不如食補) the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
- 授之以鱼不如授之以渔(授之以魚不如授之以漁) give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
- 金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝(金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩) there's no place like home
- 多一事不如少一事 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble; the less complications the better
- 人算不如天算 God's plans supersede our own; Man proposes but God disposes
- 好记性不如烂笔头(好記性不如爛筆頭) the palest ink is better than the best memory
- 巧诈不如拙诚(巧詐不如拙誠) it is better to be simplictically honest than cleverly deceitful
- 远亲不如近邻(遠親不如近鄰) A relative afar is less use than a close neighbor . Take whatever help is on hand, even from strangers.
- 求人不如求己 if you want something done well, do it yourself
- 长痛不如短痛(長痛不如短痛) better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
- 授人以鱼不如授人以渔(授人以魚不如授人以漁) give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
- 恭敬不如从命(恭敬不如從命) deference is no substitute for obedience
- 禽兽不如(禽獸不如) worse than a beast; to behave immorally
- 自叹不如(自嘆不如) to consider oneself as being not as good as the others
- 还不如(還不如) to be better off; might as well
- 请将不如激将(請將不如激將) to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general
- 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网(臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網) better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 22
- 卷二百五十五 列傳第一百四十三 劉宗周 黃道周 Volume 255 Biographies 143: Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou History of Ming 明史 — count: 16
- 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang Guanzi 管子 — count: 14
- 卷二十五 魏四 Chapter 25: Wei IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 13
- 卷五 秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 13
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 12
- 說林上第二十二 Chapter 22: Collections of Persuasions I Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 12
- 卷四十七 Scroll 47 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
- 卷七 秦五 Chapter 7: Qin V Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 12
- 卷一 東周 Chapter 1: Eastern Zhou Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 12
Collocations
- 不如死 (不如死) 不如死之久矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧蓼莪 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Liao E — count: 8
- 不如速 (不如速) 不如速戰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 不如待 (不如待) 不如待後之人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
- 不如西 (不如西) 不如西鄰之禴祭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《坊記》 Record of the Dykes — count: 3
- 不如人 (不如人) 猶不如人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 不如子 (不如子) 不如子之衣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧無衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Wu Yi — count: 3
- 不如伐 (不如伐) 不如伐庸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
- 不如叔 (不如叔) 不如叔也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧叔于田 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Shu Yu Tian — count: 3
- 不如早 (不如早) 不如早為之所 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 不如仁 (不如仁) 不如仁人 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓中 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration II — count: 3