判若鸿沟
pàn​ruò​hóng​gōu

as clear as the Honggou River

  • created sense approved 判若鸿沟/判若鴻溝 · pàn​ruò​hóng​gōu · as clear as the Honggou River — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    判若鸿沟 / 判若鴻溝

    pàn​ruò​hóng​gōu

    as clear as the Honggou River

    (idiom) Describes a very clear distinction or boundary between two things, as if they were separated by the [[鸿沟|鴻溝|hong2 gou1]] canal.

    判 (literal) → 判 · pàn · clearly different 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 鸿沟 (literal) → 鸿沟/鴻溝 · hóng​gōu · wide gap

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

    created sense