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Meaning of 小巫见大巫

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小 xiǎo 巫 wū 见 jiàn 大 dà 巫 wū (Trad.: 小巫見大巫)
lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom); fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison
Example Sentences
1
这当然是滥用权力
,
但与
“
伊朗门
”
比起来
,
这只是小巫见大巫
。
Of course it was an abuse of power, but a pathetically small one compared with Iran-Contra.
2
这萎缩的速度和规模
,
1990年
日本经济泡沫破灭时与这相比也是小巫见大巫了
。
The speed and scale of the slump leaves behind anything that happened after 1990, when Japan' s bubble burst.
3
德国的公共债务相当于
GDP
的
73
%
,
而相比于希腊接近
150
%
的比例
,
就是小巫见大巫了
。
Public debt was high in Germany at 73 percent of GDP, but dwarfed by that of Athens, which is heading toward 150 percent.
4
这些巨额军费开支无疑增加了赤字和国债
,
但与老人福利的缺口比
,
还是小巫见大巫
。
These huge military expenditure will undoubtly increase the deficit and national debt which is much smaller than the gap of the benefits to the old.
5
一项指控的罪状涉及的是她们在奥斯威辛集中营行为
,
但这项指控与其它的指控相比简直是小巫见大巫
。
One count of the indictment involved their conduct at Auschwitz, but that was of minor significance compared with the other charges.