同日而语 — Chinese idiom
同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ
Traditional: 同日而語
Meaning
- lit. to speak of two things on the same day ; to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
Character by character
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 语yǔwords, language; saying, expression
Idioms sharing a character
- 一视同仁 yī shì tóng rén
- 不同凡响 bù tóng fán xiǎng
- 不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng
- 不约而同 bù yuē ér tóng
- 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
- 同仇敌忾 tóng chóu dí kài
- 同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē
- 同床异梦 tóng chuáng yì mèng
- 同心协力 tóng xīn xié lì
- 同心同德 tóng xīn tóng dé
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