天壤之别 — Chinese idiom
天壤之别
tiān rǎng zhī bié
Traditional: 天壤之別
Meaning
- (lit.) the difference between heaven and earth
- (fig.) night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)
Character by character
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 壤rǎngsoil, loam, earth; rich
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 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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