it would be better to …not as good as (v.)
HSK 5
Traditional
不如 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
哺乳 bǔ rǔ - breast-feed; suckle; nurse (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
她的表现不如预期的好。 tā de biǎoxiàn bùrú yùqī de hǎo. - Her performance was not as good as expected.
他的成绩不如他的同学。 tā de chéngjī bùrú tā de tóngxué. - His grades are not as good as his classmates.
这个方案不如那个方案实用。 zhège fāng'àn bùrú nàge fāng'àn shíyòng. - This plan is not as practical as that plan.
这家餐厅的菜品不如那家的好吃。 zhè jiā cāntīng de càipǐn bùrú nà jiā de hào chī. - The dishes in this restaurant are not as delicious as those in that one.
他的想法不如他的兄弟实际。 tā de xiǎngfǎ bùrú tā de xiōngdì shíjì. - His ideas are not as practical as his brother's.
Characters
不 bù - not; no (negation) | HSK 1
如 rú - be like, as, as if; (used to introduce the surpassed object) |