差

bad, poor, be short (by), to differ

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adjective Uncommon #5,902
bad, poor Describes low quality or ability.
CH: 我的中文很差。
EN: My Chinese is poor.

是驾驶的技术太差

Their driving skills are just too poor.

— 红猪 (1992)

记名字我最差了

I'm terrible at remembering names.

— 第五元素 (1997)

你觉得我们的女儿比男孩差吗

Do you think our daughter is inferior to boys?

— 摔跤吧!爸爸 (2016)

心情这么差啊

You're in such a bad mood.

— 天气之子 (2019)

我们越老,记忆力就越差。

The older we get, the worse our memory becomes.

要小心他们的摄影机他们的摄影机和毒品一样差

Be careful with their cameras—they’re just as bad as drugs.

— 黑潮 (1992)

你该看看有些小孩环境多差

You should see how terrible the conditions are for some children.

— 无爱可诉 (2017)

但是我们不比其他女人差

But we're no worse than other women.

— 莫斯科不相信眼泪 (1980)

驼背运气太差。

The hunchback has terrible luck.

— 甘泉玛侬 (1986)

好的不会理我们理我们的又武功差

The good ones won’t bother with us, while the ones who do can’t fight.

— 七武士 (1954)

弟弟的房屋做得不比这些差

My younger brother's house is no worse than these.

— 安德烈·卢布廖夫 (1966)

情况一天比一天差。

Things are getting worse day by day.

她不比男人差呀

She's just as good as any man.

— 战争与和平 (1968)

天气真差

The weather is really awful.

— 阿黛尔的生活 (2013)

比他们差很多。

Much worse than them.

— RRR:双雄起义 (2022)

你脸色好差

You look terrible.

— 阿黛尔的生活 (2013)

外面环境差

The environment outside is poor.

— SoulMate (2016)

不比别人差

No worse than anyone else.

— 办公室的故事 (1977)

非常差.

Very bad.

— 杀手疾风号 (2022)

我的法语还和我们刚认识时一样差

My French is still just as bad as it was when we first met.

— 坠落的审判 (2023)

比我差一点就行

As long as you're just a little worse than me.

— 后来的我们 (2018)

你没理由觉得自己比别人差的。

There's no reason for you to think you're any worse than anyone else.

我最最想见的约书亚你脾气真差

Joshua, the person I want to see more than anyone, you have such a terrible temper.

— 中央车站 (1998)

“害我他妈的心情好差”

You really fucking ruined my mood.

— 控制 (2007)

verb Rare #16,684
be short (by) Used to say how much is missing to reach a goal.
CH: 我差两分就第一了。
EN: I was two points short of first place.

差两分就第一了

I came in first by just two points.

— 地球上的星星 (2007)

差两秒

Two seconds short.

— 洗澡 (1999)

差了两分

I was two points short.

— 莫斯科不相信眼泪 (1980)

但在仅差一步的地方我又被阻碍了

But just when I was one step away, I was blocked again.

— 空之境界 第五章 矛盾螺旋 (2008)

差一个字

Just one character off.

— 几近成名 (2000)

差他妈太远了

It’s fucking way off.

— 爆裂鼓手 (2014)

verb Rare #27,275
to differ Used to say that people or things are different, or that there is a difference in amount or degree.
CH: 这中间差很多。
EN: There’s a big difference between these.

我又没差

It doesn't make a difference to me anyway.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

她和尤西比奥差了有十年肯定不会记得他刚才那句是西班牙语吧

She and Eusébio are ten years apart, so she definitely won’t remember that what he just said was in Spanish, will she?

— 真爱至上 (2003)

其实高中跟国中差不了多少地狱十七层跟十六层的差别而已

Actually, high school isn't much different from middle school—it's like the difference between the seventeenth and sixteenth levels of hell.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

这中间差很多

There's a big difference between them.

— 大病 (2017)

没差反正我脸皮厚

No big deal—I’ve got thick skin anyway.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

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