差强人意 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• just passable
• barely satisfactory

Character by character

• 差chādifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an offi
• 强qiángstrong, powerful, energetic
• 人rénman, person; people
• 意yìthought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, int

Idioms sharing a character

• 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
• 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
• 参差不齐 cēn cī bù qí
• 参差错落 cēn cī cuò luò
• 天差地别 tiān chā dì bié
• 天差地远 tiān chā dì yuǎn
• 丝毫不差 sī háo bù chā
• 阴差阳错 yīn chā yáng cuò
• 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ
• 鬼使神差 guǐ shǐ shén chāi

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