天壤之別
tiān​rǎng​zhī​bié

a world of difference

  • created reference approved 天壤之别/天壤之別 → 霄壤之别/霄壤之別 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天壤之别 / 天壤之別 tiān​rǎng​zhī​bié

    霄壤之别 / 霄壤之別 xiāo​rǎng​zhī​bié

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天壤之别/天壤之別 · tiān​rǎng​zhī​bié · a world of difference — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天壤之别 / 天壤之別

    tiān​rǎng​zhī​bié

    a world of difference

    lit. the difference between heaven and earth; used to describe a vast gap or a major difference between two things, similar to "poles apart" or "night and day"

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 壤 (literal) → 壤 · rǎng · earth 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 别 (literal) → 别/別 · bié · difference

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

    created sense