Did you mean: contracted contrast ?
| 后天 | hòu tiān | the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori |
| 字典 | zì diǎn | Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3] |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | to compare / to contrast / comparatively / relatively / quite / comparison |
| 而 | ér | and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) |
| 对比 | duì bǐ | to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 对照 | duì zhào | to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check |
| 则 | zé | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items |
| 平民 | píng mín | ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military) |
| 反差 | fǎn chā | contrast; discrepancy |
| 衬托 | chèn tuō | to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element |
| 先天 | xiān tiān | embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4tian1]) / inborn; innate; natural |
| 衬 | chèn | (of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially |
| 堪 | kān | (bound form) may; can / (bound form) to endure; to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2]) |
| 蓝海 | lán hǎi | (neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海[hong2 hai3]) |
| 嫡 | dí | (bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4]) |
| 甘 | gān | (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant) / to be willing (to do sth) |
| 壤 | rǎng | (bound form) soil; earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) |
| 舆 | yú | (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair; palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public |
| 冰火 | bīng huǒ | fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements |
| 烘 | hōng | to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast |
| 三魂七魄 | sān hún qī pò | three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man |
| 治本 | zhì běn | to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) |
| 天渊之别 | tiān yuān zhī bié | a complete contrast / totally different |
| 庶 | shù | (bound form) ordinary; numerous / (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2]) |
| 红海 | hóng hǎi | (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3]) |