天差地别 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• poles apart; as different as can be

Character by character

• 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
• 差chādifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an offi
• 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
• 别biéto separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave

Idioms sharing a character

• 一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān
• 一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān
• 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
• 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
• 不共戴天 bù gòng dài tiān
• 不啻天渊 bù chì tiān yuān
• 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
• 九天仙女 jiǔ tiān xiān nǚ
• 九天揽月 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
• 人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān

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