黯然失色

ànrán-shīsè

idiom #25,869

Meanings

1 to be eclipsed
2 to be overshadowed
3 to lose one's luster by comparison

Characters

dark, dim, gloomy

so, thus (adverbial suffix)

Examples

她的表演让其他选手黯然失色。

Tā de biǎoyǎn ràng qítā xuǎnshǒu ànránshīsè.

Her performance eclipsed all the other contestants.

这件新作让之前的作品全部黯然失色。

Zhè jiàn xīnzuò ràng zhīqián de zuòpǐn quánbù ànránshīsè.

This new work made all previous works pale in comparison.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

黯 àn

然 rán

失 shī

色 sè