děng
ér
xià
zhī

idiom
formal

Meaning of 等而下之

等而下之 means even worse; of an inferior grade or quality; refers to something that ranks below a certain level. Pronounced děng ér xià zhī.

  • even worse; of an inferior grade or quality; refers to something that ranks below a certain level

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
ge
pái
zi
de
shǒu
xìn
hào
jīng
tài
hǎo
 
děng
ér
xià
zhī
de
xiē
pái
jiù
gèng
yòng
shuō
le
 

The signal for this brand of phone isn't very good, and those off-brand phones that are even worse are not worth mentioning.

xīn
yuán
gōng
de
dài
shàng
qiě
 
děng
ér
xià
zhī
de
tōng
zhí
yuán
jiù
gèng
nán
yǒu
shēng
zhí
jiā
xīn
de
huì
le
 

If the treatment of core employees is already like this, then ordinary staff members who are of a lower rank have even less chance of promotion and salary increases.

bié
míng
pái
huò
zhì
liàng
hái
wěn
dìng
 
děng
ér
xià
zhī
de
pái
huò
jiù
xiǎng
ér
zhī
le
 

The quality of even some name-brand goods is unstable, so you can imagine how much worse the off-brand goods are.