黯然失色

ànrán-shīsè

idiom #25,869

Meanings

HSK 3

她的表演让其他选手黯然失色。

Tā de biǎoyǎn ràng qítā xuǎnshǒu ànrán-shīsè.

Her performance eclipsed all the other contestants.

HSK 6

这件新作让之前的作品全部黯然失色。

Zhè jiàn xīnzuò ràng zhīqián de zuòpǐn quánbù ànrán-shīsè.

This new work made all previous works pale in comparison.

memory

黯然 means dimly/gloomily and 失色 means to lose color - something loses its color and grows dim when it is outshone by something brighter.

黯 àn

然 rán

失 shī

色 sè