







set off
contrast
serve as a foil to
Silhouetted against the sun stood the figure of a man.
The lighthouse stood out starkly against the dark sky.

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Open the tool →映衬 (yìng chèn) means “set off, contrast, serve as a foil to”.
映衬 is pronounced yìng chèn in Mandarin Chinese.
“set off” is 映衬 (yìng chèn) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 映衬, each with pinyin and an English translation.