[ xiāngxíngjiànchù ] be inferior by [upon] comparison; appear deficient in comparison; be effaced by the presence of a superior; be pale before [besides; by the side of]; be outshone; can not hold a candle to (sb.); fail to secure a leading place; when compared with others, it looks very poor.; lose [suffer] by comparison; make ... seem pallid by comparison; overshadow; pale by [in] comparison; pale into insignificance by comparison; placed side by side with the other, this is conspicuous by its inferiority.; prove definitely inferior; take the shine out of; the one pales beside the other; the one throws the other into the shade, whenplaced alongside.; throw into comparative obscurity