"Contrast" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bǐ jiào to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison
 duì bǐ to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL:個|个[ge4]
 duì zhào to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast
 fǎn chā contrast / discrepancy
 bǐ zhào according to / in the light of / contrast
 xiāng chèn to contrast / to set off one another / to go well with
 fǎn guān by contrast / but as for this... / viewed from another angle / subjectively / introspection
 yìng chèn to set off by contrast / antithesis / analogy parallelism (linguistics)
 péi chèn to enhance by contrast / to set off / to serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance / to serve as a prop / a foil
 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items
 xiǎn yǐng jì developer (photographic processing) / contrast medium (medical imaging)
 chèn (of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially
 hōng to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast
 tiān yuān zhī bié a complete contrast / totally different
 shí zhì jīn rì (idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
 duì bǐ sè color contrast
 jīn xī duì bǐ to contrast past suffering with present happiness (idiom)
 duì bǐ wēn dù temperature contrast / difference in temperature (of body to its surroundings)
 hēi bái fēn míng black and white clearly contrasted / (fig.) unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong
  acoustic impedance contrast
 nǎ xiàng unlike / in contrast to
 hōng chèn to set off / to highlight by contrast
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