天壤之别

Traditional: 天壤之別

tiān rǎng zhī bié

Dictionary entry

(lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom)

What does 天壤之别 mean?

天壤之别 (tiān rǎng zhī bié) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom)

2(fig.) night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)

Character breakdown

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天tiānday · sky 壤rǎng(bound form) soil; earth · (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 别Biésurname Bie

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天壤之别

tiān rǎng zhī bié

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