隔行如隔山
gé​háng​rú​gé​shān

different trades, worlds apart

  • created reference approved 隔行如隔山 → 行 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    隔行如隔山 gé​háng​rú​gé​shān

    行 háng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 隔行如隔山 · gé​háng​rú​gé​shān · different trades, worlds apart — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    隔行如隔山

    gé​háng​rú​gé​shān

    different trades, worlds apart

    (idiom) different professions are separated as if by a mountain; to someone outside the profession, the specialized knowledge and skills are a closed book

    隔 (literal) → 隔 · gé · to separate 行 (literal) → 行 · háng · profession 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 隔 (literal) → 隔 · gé · to separate 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain

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

    created sense