天壤之别 (天壤之別)
tiān rǎng zhī bié
Pinyin
Definition
天壤之别 (天壤之別)
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- lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom)
- fig. night and day difference
- opposite extremes
- a world of difference
- a far cry from
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一丘之貉
- 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
- 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一年之计在于春
- 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
- 2 early planning is the key to success