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-less (lacking) [UK: les] [US: ˈles] | |
-ess (female suffix) | |
more haste, less speed (when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly) phrase [UK: mɔː(r) heɪst les spiːd] [US: ˈmɔːr ˈheɪst ˈles ˈspiːd] | 欲速则不达 /yùsù zé bùdá/phrase 欲速則不達phrase |
more or less (almost) adverb [UK: mɔː(r) ɔː(r) les] [US: ˈmɔːr ɔːr ˈles] | 几乎 /jīhū/adverb 差一点 /chāyīdiǎn/adverb 差一點adverb 差不多 /chàbuduō/adverb 差点 /chàdiǎn/adverb 差點adverb 幾乎adverb |
more or less (approximately) adverb [UK: mɔː(r) ɔː(r) les] [US: ˈmɔːr ɔːr ˈles] | 大概 /dàgài/adverb 大約adverb 大约 /dàyuē/adverb 大致 /dàzhì/adverb 将近 /jiāngjìn/adverb 將近adverb 左右 /zuǒyòu/adverb 或多或少 /huòduōhuòshǎo/adverb |
much less (let alone) conjunction [UK: ˈmʌtʃ les] [US: ˈmʌtʃ ˈles] | 何况 /hékuàng/conjunction 何況conjunction 更不用說conjunction 更不用说 /gèng bùyòng shuō/conjunction |
teach someone a lesson (punish (informal)) verb | 教训 /jiàoxùn/verb 給...點兒顏色看verb |