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Focus on using it in sentences to express assessments or when comparing items.","In Chinese culture, the concept of '差不多' reflects a pragmatic view of life, valuing harmony and acceptance over perfection. 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Always ensure the context fits the phrase's meaning.","差不多 (chàbùduō) vs 几乎 (jīhū) — use 差不多 for a sense of similarity or adequacy, while 几乎 emphasizes a closer approximation to a limit.","2026-03-24T13:26:34.000Z",{"title":15,"description":15,"og_image":15},{},[],[],"/chinese-dictionary/chinese-to-english/hsk-4/%E5%B7%AE%E4%B8%8D%E5%A4%9A-cha4 bu5 duo1/",{"hanzi":7,"pinyin":41,"tone":22,"tone_class":43,"first_gloss":54,"hsk_level":22,"radical":15,"stroke_count":15,"audio_url":47,"word_family":621,"slug":6},[],[623,626,629],{"name":624,"url":625},"Dictionary","/chinese-dictionary/",{"name":627,"url":628},"HSK 4","/chinese-dictionary/hsk-4/",{"name":7,"url":619},{"senses":480,"pronunciations":33,"examples":553,"compounds":631,"words_with":64,"confusables":64,"flashcards":64,"quizzes":64,"checkpoints":534},85,{"defined_term":633,"learning_resource":642,"breadcrumb_list":652,"faq_page":660},{"@context":634,"@type":635,"name":7,"description":54,"inLanguage":636,"inDefinedTermSet":637,"url":641},"https://schema.org","DefinedTerm","zh",{"@type":638,"name":639,"url":640},"DefinedTermSet","HSK 4 Vocabulary","https://beta.mandarintemple.com/chinese-dictionary/hsk-4/","https://beta.mandarintemple.com/chinese-dictionary/chinese-to-english/hsk-4/%E5%B7%AE%E4%B8%8D%E5%A4%9A-cha4 bu5 duo1/",{"@context":634,"@type":643,"name":644,"description":645,"educationalLevel":627,"teaches":646,"inLanguage":647,"learningResourceType":649,"isAccessibleForFree":46,"url":641},"LearningResource","差不多 (chàbuduō) — HSK 4 Chinese","Chinese 差不多 (chàbuduō): almost. 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