泾渭分明

Traditional: 涇渭分明

Jīng Wèi fēn míng

Dictionary entry

as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom)

What does 泾渭分明 mean?

泾渭分明 (Jīng Wèi fēn míng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom)

2to be entirely different

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泾JīngJing River 渭Wèithe Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]分fēnto divide; to separate · to distribute; to allocate 明MíngMing Dynasty (1368–1644) · surname Ming

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