参差不齐 — Chinese idiom
参差不齐
cēn cī bù qí
Traditional: 參差不齊
Meaning
- variable
- uneven
- irregular
Character by character
- 参cēnto take part in, to intervene; ginseng
- 差cīdifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an offi
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 齐qíeven, uniform, of equal length
Idioms sharing a character
- 参差错落 cēn cī cuò luò
- 毁誉参半 huǐ yù cān bàn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
- 天差地别 tiān chā dì bié
- 天差地远 tiān chā dì yuǎn
- 差强人意 chā qiáng rén yì
- 丝毫不差 sī háo bù chā
- 阴差阳错 yīn chā yáng cuò
- 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ
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