不如

Pinyin: bùrú

not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to

Example sentence

金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝。

Jīnwō yínwō bùrú zìjǐ de gǒuwō.

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

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What 不如 means

不如 (bùrú) is a Chinese word meaning “not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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HSK 4

Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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