Chinese

差不多

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ b̥u¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
similar; about the same; good enough
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 3

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  • characterChinese差 “to differ from; to be different; dissimilar; incongruous”
    • ideaChinese來 “to come; to arrive”
    • ideaChinese𠂇 “hand”
  • characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
  • characterChinese多 “many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-; poly-”

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