相 xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
相提并论
xiāngtíbìnglùn
to mention in the same breath; to compare as equals
Characters in this word
提 tí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 是 to be
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
并 bìng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- Made of
- 丷 horns 开 to open
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
论 lùn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 仑 logical reasons, logical order
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这两位歌手风格完全不同，不能相提并论。 Zhè liǎng wèi gēshǒu fēnggé wánquán bùtóng, bù néng xiāngtí bìnglùn. These two singers have completely different styles and cannot be compared as equals.
- 小城的书店怎么能和大商场相提并论呢？ Xiǎochéng de shūdiàn zěnme néng hé dà shāngchǎng xiāngtí bìnglùn ne? How can a small-town bookshop be compared with a big shopping mall?
- 别把我的小生意和他的大公司相提并论。 Bié bǎ wǒ de xiǎo shēngyi hé tā de dà gōngsī xiāngtí bìnglùn. Don't put my little business in the same breath as his big company.