相形见绌

相形见绌 [xiāng xíng jiàn chù]

1. ■ be inferior by [upon] comparison; appear deficient in comparison; be effaced by the presence of a superior; be pale before [besides; by the side of]; be outshone; can not hold a candle to (sb.); fail to secure a leading place; When compared with others, it looks very poor.; lose [suffer] by comparison; make ... seem pallid by comparison; overshadow; pale by [in] comparison; pale into insignificance by comparison; Placed side by side with the other, this is conspicuous by its inferiority.; prove definitely inferior; take the shine out of; The one pales beside the other.; the one throws the other into the shade, when placed alongside.; throw into comparative obscurity