雲泥之差
yún​ní​zhī​chà

a world of difference

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

    云泥之差 / 雲泥之差

    yún​ní​zhī​chà

    a world of difference

    (idiom) a vast difference, as great as that between the clouds and the mud

    云泥 (literal) → 云泥/雲泥 · yún​ní · poles apart 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 差 (literal) → 差 · chā · difference

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

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