差得远

Mandarin

simpl. 差得远
trad. 差得遠

Adjective

差得远 (simplified, Pinyin chàdeyuǎn, traditional 差得遠)

  1. not that great; still have a long way to go
    我的中文还差得远。
    wǒ de zhōngwén hái chàdeyuǎn
    My Chinese could be a whole lot better.

References

  • 1997, Jerome P. Keuper, Chinese 1000: Idiomatic and Colloquial Expressions (中国话：习惯用法和口语的表达法) (in English/Mandarin), Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 1-57524-006-8:
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