泾渭分明 — Chinese idiom
泾渭分明
Jīng Wèi fēn míng
Traditional: 涇渭分明
Meaning
- as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly
- to be entirely different
Character by character
- 泾Jīnga river in Gansu and Shaanxi
- 渭Wèia river in Shanxi province
- 分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of ti
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed
Idioms sharing a character
- 一分一毫 yī fēn yī háo
- 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
- 不分伯仲 bù fēn bó zhòng
- 不分胜负 bù fēn shèng fù
- 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ
- 不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái
- 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
- 分崩离析 fēn bēng lí xī
- 分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng
- 分而治之 fēn ér zhì zhī
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