be somewhat on a par with
In contrast, the Chinese idiom pinyin is Xi ā ngq ù w ú J ǐ, which means that the two are not far away or have little difference. It comes from jiayouji · henglun Xia · Tianzhi by Su Xun of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Song Suxun's jiayouji · henglun Xia · Tian Zhi: "the tax of today is similar to that of Zhou."
Idiom usage
[example] neither of them is a good law, and there is little difference between them. (song Sushi's "begging not to give away the money of young seedlings"
Chinese PinYin : xiāng qù wú jǐ
be somewhat on a par with
wish sb. will give birth to a good son. yù yàn tóu huái
enlist talents through the old civil service examination system. kāi kē qǔ shì
Push the pear to yield the jujube. tuī lí ràng zǎo
A thousand miles to a conclusion. qiān lǐ jié yán
look down upon everybody else. gǒu yǎn kàn rén