相提并论

相提並論

xiāngtí-bìnglùn

idiom HSK 7-9 #13,358

Meanings

Literally 'bring up together and discuss side by side'

HSK 2

这两件事不能相提并论。

Zhè liǎng jiàn shì bùnéng xiāngtí-bìnglùn.

These two things cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

HSK 3

你怎么能把他和我相提并论呢？

Nǐ zěnme néng bǎ tā hé wǒ xiāngtí-bìnglùn ne?

How can you equate him with me?

HSK 5

两者完全不同，不可相提并论。

Liǎngzhě wánquán bùtóng, bùkě xiāngtí-bìnglùn.

The two are completely different and cannot be compared.

usage

相提并论 is almost always used in the negative: 不能/不可相提并论 (cannot be equated). It implies two things are on very different levels.

相 xiāng

提 tí

并 bìng

论 lùn