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Here, we present the idiom 「相形失色」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Lose luster: lose luster. Compared with similar things, it seems far inferior.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xiàng xíng shī sè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seung2 ying4 sat1 sik1
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