be somewhat on a par with

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"