相对而言

Traditional form:

相對而言

Pinyin (reading):

xiāngduì'éryán

Definitions:

• relatively speaking
• comparatively speaking

Characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 对 - correct, right; facing, opposed
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say

Traditional characters:

• 相 - mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
• 對 - correct, right; facing, opposed
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say