寸木岑楼
cùn​mù​cén​lóu

vast disparity

  • created sense approved 寸木岑楼/寸木岑樓 · cùn​mù​cén​lóu · vast disparity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寸木岑楼 / 寸木岑樓

    cùn​mù​cén​lóu

    vast disparity

    (idiom) a great difference in size or importance; used to describe things that cannot be compared because they have different foundations; literally comparing a tiny piece of wood to a tall building by looking only at their tips while ignoring the difference in their bases

    寸 (literal) → 寸 · cùn · very little 木 (literal) → 木 · mù · tree 岑楼 (literal) → 岑楼/岑樓 · cén​lóu · high slender building

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

    created sense