低等
dī děng
Pinyin

Definition

低等
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dī děng
  1. inferior

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

等
děng
  1. 1 class
  2. 2 rank
  3. 3 grade
  4. 4 equal to
  5. 5 same as
  6. 6 to wait for
  7. 7 to await
  8. 8 et cetera
  9. 9 and so on
  10. 10 et al. (and other authors)
  11. 11 after
  12. 12 as soon as
  13. 13 once
等待
děng dài
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
等级
děng jí
  1. 1 grade
  2. 2 rank
  3. 3 status
中等
zhōng děng
  1. 1 medium
低
dī
  1. 1 low
  2. 2 beneath
  3. 3 to lower (one's head)
  4. 4 to let droop
  5. 5 to hang down
  6. 6 to incline
低于
dī yú
  1. 1 to be lower than
低价
dī jià
  1. 1 low price
低落
dī luò
  1. 1 downcast
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 to decline
低调
dī diào
  1. 1 low pitch
  2. 2 quiet (voice)
  3. 3 subdued
  4. 4 low-key
  5. 5 low-profile
低头
dī tóu
  1. 1 to bow the head
  2. 2 to yield
  3. 3 to give in
平等
píng děng
  1. 1 equal
  2. 2 equality
等候
děng hòu
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
等到
děng dào
  1. 1 to wait until
  2. 2 by the time when (sth is ready etc)
等于
děng yú
  1. 1 to equal
  2. 2 to be tantamount to
等等
děng děng
  1. 1 et cetera
  2. 2 and so on ...
  3. 3 wait a minute!
  4. 4 hold on!
降低
jiàng dī
  1. 1 to reduce
  2. 2 to lower
  3. 3 to bring down
上等
shàng děng
  1. 1 highest quality
  2. 2 top-notch
上等兵
shàng děng bīng
  1. 1 private first class (army rank)
不平等
bù píng děng
  1. 1 inequality
  2. 2 unfairness
不等
bù děng
  1. 1 unequal
  2. 2 varied

Idioms (12)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
低声细语
dī shēng xì yǔ
  1. 1 in a whisper
  2. 2 in a low voice (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
扒高踩低
pá gāo cǎi dī
  1. 1 crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
  2. 2 toadying and bullying
眼高手低
yǎn gāo shǒu dī
  1. 1 to have high standards but little ability
  2. 2 to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
等而下之
děng ér xià zhī
  1. 1 going from there to lower grades (idiom)
高不成低不就
gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù
  1. 1 can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
高不凑低不就
gāo bù còu dī bù jiù
  1. 1 can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
高低不就
gāo dī bù jiù
  1. 1 can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

Sample Sentences

她对男朋友的要求是：高等收入、中等长相、低等智商。
tā duì nánpéngyou de yāoqiú shì ：gāoděng shōurù 、zhōngděng zhǎngxiàng 、dīděng zhìshāng 。
Her requirements of her boyfriend are: high income, average looking and low IQ.
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