云泥之别 — Chinese idiom
云泥之别
yún ní zhī bié
Traditional: 雲泥之別
Meaning
- a world of difference
Character by character
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
- 泥nímud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 别biéto separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave
Idioms sharing a character
- 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
- 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún
- 判若云泥 pàn ruò yún ní
- 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
- 吞云吐雾 tūn yún tǔ wù
- 堕云雾中 duò yún wù zhōng
- 拨云见日 bō yún jiàn rì
- 朱云折槛 zhū yún zhé jiàn
- 波谲云诡 bō jué yún guǐ
- 浮云朝露 fú yún zhāo lù
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