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差

chài

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 瘥 (chài, “to recover from an illness”).
Original form of 瘥 (chài, “to recover from an illness”).

Homographs

difference; discrepancy
(math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)
(literary) a little; somewhat; slightly

different
wrong; mistaken
to fall short; to lack
not up to standard; inferior
Taiwan pr. chā

to send (on an errand)
(archaic) person sent on such an errand
job; official post

used in 参差 cēncī

Examples

他们差六岁。

The difference in their ages is six years.

Source: Tatoeba

这裡的通风很差呢。

The ventilation here is really bad.

Source: Tatoeba

她的厨艺差得透顶。

She is terrible at cooking.

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你经常去国外出差吗？

Do you often travel abroad on business?

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用药和滥药只差一线。

When it comes to drugs, there's a very fine line between use and abuse.

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