判若云泥 — Chinese idiom
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
Traditional: 判若雲泥
Meaning
- as different as heaven and earth
- worlds apart
Character by character
- 判pànto judge; to discriminate; to conclude
- 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
- 泥nímud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
Idioms sharing a character
- 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
- 口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé
- 呆若木鸡 dāi ruò mù jī
- 噤若寒蝉 jìn ruò hán chán
- 固若金汤 gù ruò jīn tāng
- 大勇若怯 dà yǒng ruò qiè
- 大智若愚 dà zhì ruò yú
- 奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng
- 寥若晨星 liáo ruò chén xīng
- 怅然若失 chàng rán ruò shī
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