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遜色

inferior

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

xun4se4 • xùnsè

Meaning

Primary

inferior

Mnemonic

遜色 Inferior describes something that is not as good, probably because its outward 色 color is too 遜 modest, which is just a polite way of saying it is faded and clearly not as good!

Usage

他 的 表現 並不 遜色。

His performance is not inferior.

這 本 書 的 質量 並不 遜色。

The quality of this book is not inferior.

這 個 設計 比 那 個 還 遜色。

This design is even more inferior than that one.