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'

这两件事不能相提并论。

Zhè liǎng jiàn shì bùnéng xiāngtíbìnglùn.

These two things cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

你怎么能把他和我相提并论呢？

Nǐ zěnme néng bǎ tā hé wǒ xiāngtíbìnglùn ne?

How can you equate him with me?

两者完全不同，不可相提并论。

Liǎngzhě wánquán bùtóng, bùkě xiāngtíbìnglùn.

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