yún​ní​zhī​bié

a world of difference

  • created reference approved 云泥之别/雲泥之別 → 天悬地隔/天懸地隔 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    云泥之别 / 雲泥之別 yún​ní​zhī​bié

    天悬地隔 / 天懸地隔 tiān​xuán​dì​gé

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 云泥之别/雲泥之別 → 霄壤之别/霄壤之別 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    云泥之别 / 雲泥之別 yún​ní​zhī​bié

    霄壤之别 / 霄壤之別 xiāo​rǎng​zhī​bié

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 云泥之别/雲泥之別 · yún​ní​zhī​bié · a world of difference — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    云泥之别 / 雲泥之別

    yún​ní​zhī​bié

    a world of difference

    a world of difference; a great disparity in status or quality, literally meaning as different as clouds in the sky and mud on the ground

    云 (literal) → 云/雲 · yún · cloud 泥 (literal) → 泥 · ní · mud 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 别 (literal) → 别/別 · bié · difference

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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