黯然失色

Chinese

		dark; dark-looking; dejected dark; dark-looking; dejected; melancholy	to turn pale; to lose color; to be discolored
trad. (黯然失色)		黯然	失色
simp. #(黯然失色)		黯然	失色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànránshīsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄕ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am² jin⁴ sat¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànránshīsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄕ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànránshihsè
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-jan²-shih¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: àn-rán-shr̄-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annranshyseh
    • Palladius: аньжаньшисэ (anʹžanʹšisɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am² jin⁴ sat¹ sik¹
    • Yale: ám yìhn sāt sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am² jin⁴ sat⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: em² yin⁴ sed¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³⁵ jiːn²¹ sɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

黯然失色

1. to lose lustre in comparison; to be outshone; to be eclipsed; to be overshadowed

Synonyms

• 相形見絀／相形见绌 (xiāngxíngjiànchù)