两回事 (兩回事)
liǎng huí shì
Pinyin

Definition

两回事 (兩回事)
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liǎng huí shì
  1. two quite different things
  2. two unrelated matters

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
回
huí
  1. 1 to circle
  2. 2 to go back
  3. 3 to turn around
  4. 4 to answer
  5. 5 to return
  6. 6 to revolve
  7. 7 Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  8. 8 time
  9. 9 classifier for acts of a play
  10. 10 section or chapter (of a classic book)
回来
huí lai
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to come back
回到
huí dào
  1. 1 to return to

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事，不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience

Sample Sentences

酒鬼”不是爱喝酒，是酗酒吧。这是两回事。
jiǔguǐ ”bùshì ài hējiǔ ，shì xùjiǔ ba 。zhè shì liǎnghuíshì 。
“Alcoholic” isn't a love of alcohol; it's drinking to excess. These are two different things.
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那个不是和尚，是道士。道教和佛教是两回事。
nàge bù shì héshang ，shì dàoshi 。Dàojiào hé Fójiào shì liǎnghuíshì 。
That's not a monk. That's a Taoist priest. Taoism and Buddhism are two different things.
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