相提并论 — Chinese idiom
相提并论
xiāng tí bìng lùn
Traditional: 相提並論
Meaning
- to discuss two disparate things together ; to mention on equal terms
- to place on a par with
- (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
Character by character
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 提títo hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
- 并bìngto combine, to annex; also, what's more
- 论lùndebate; discussion
Idioms sharing a character
- 一脉相承 yī mài xiāng chéng
- 世代相传 shì dài xiāng chuán
- 互相推诿 hù xiāng tuī wěi
- 代代相传 dài dài xiāng chuán
- 以礼相待 yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
- 休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān
- 倾囊相授 qīng náng xiāng shòu
- 凶相毕露 xiōng xiàng bì lù
- 两虎相争 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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