并驾齐驱

並駕齊驅
bìngjiàqíqū
idiom #28,974

Meanings

  1. 1 to run neck and neck
  2. 2 to keep pace with
  3. 3 on equal footing
  4. 4 to be on par with one another

Examples

Zhè liǎng jiā gōngsī zài jìshù shàng yǐjīng bìngjiàqíqū.
These two companies are already neck and neck technologically.
Tā de chéngjiù yǔ shìjiè dǐngjiān xuǎnshǒu bìngjiàqíqū.
His achievements are on a par with the world's top athletes.

Tips

memory
Picture two carriages () harnessed side by side () galloping at equal speed (). That image of matched horses running together is the idiom's literal meaning.

Stroke Order

bìng
jià