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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tiān rǎng zhī bié
  1. lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom)
  2. fig. night and day difference
  3. opposite extremes
  4. a world of difference
  5. a far cry from

Related Words (20)

zhī
  1. 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
  2. 2 him
  3. 3 her
  4. 4 it
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day

Idioms (20)

一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success