差[chā]

名

1. difference; dissimilarity

♦ 差别

2.数difference

副书 only just; barely

♦ ~可 barely passable

另见 chàchāicī

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差[chà]
动

1. differ from; fall short of

♦ 我们离父母的要求还~得远。 We still fall far short of what our parents expect of us.

2. be less than; be short of

♦ 一个月~两天 two days less than a month

♦ ~七天不到一年 seven days short of a year

♦ ~十分四点 ten (minutes) to four

♦ ~两个人 two people short

形

1. wrong

♦ 这你可说~了。 You're wrong there.

2. not up to standard; poor

♦ 成绩不算太~。 The results are by no means poor.

♦ 这个街道工厂设备~, 可是产品并不~。 The neighbourhood factory's equipment is not up to much, but its products are not at all bad.

另见 chāchāicī

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差[chāi]
动send on an errand; dispatch

♦ ~人去送封信 send a letter by messenger

♦ ~他去办件事 send (or dispatch) him on an errand

名errand; job
另见 chāchàcī

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差[cī]

(构词成分) 见 〖参差〗(ｃēｎｃī)
另见 chāchàchāi