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Meaning: Not as good as / Fall short of / Surpass
我的中文不如他流利。
Wǒ de Zhōngwén bùrú tā liúlì.
My Chinese is not as fluent as his.
此次表现远不及上次。
Cǐ cì biǎoxiàn yuǎn bùjí shàng cì.
The performance this time falls far short of last time.
纸上谈兵,远胜于实地考察吗?
Zhǐshàng tánbīng, yuǎn shèngyú shídì kǎochá ma?
Does engaging in armchair strategy really far surpass on-the-spot investigation?
•When an adjective specifies the dimension of comparison with 不如 / 不及, place the adjective at the END after B (A + 不如 + B + Adj, e.g., 我不如他聪明 — never *我聪明不如他).
⚠️ Common Mistakes:
•Misplacing the adjective before 不如 (*我聪明不如他 is wrong — must be 我不如他聪明).
•Failing to distinguish nuance between 不如 and 没有 — 不如 explicitly evaluates A as inferior or less desirable, whereas 没有 is a neutral comparison.
•Using 胜过 / 远胜于 in casual everyday small talk — sounds overly literary.
•Omitting 远 before 不及 / 胜于 when emphasizing a vast gap (use 远不及 / 远胜于, not *很不及).
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Tīng rén shuō bǎi biàn, bùrú qīnyǎn jiàn yī miàn.
Hearing others say it a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once with one's own eyes.
