天差地遠
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Chinese
[edit]day; sky; heaven | differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake |
earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly |
far; distant; remote | ||
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trad. (天差地遠) | 天 | 差 | 地 | 遠 | |
simp. (天差地远) | 天 | 差 | 地 | 远 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄔㄚ ㄉㄧˋ ㄩㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tianchadìyuǎn
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-chʻa1-ti4-yüan3
- Yale: tyān-chā-dì-ywǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianchadihyeuan
- Palladius: тяньчадиюань (tjanʹčadijuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ti⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 caa1 dei6 jyun5
- Yale: tīn chā deih yúhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 tsaa1 dei6 jyn5
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 ca1 déi6 yun5
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵ tei̯²² jyːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]天差地遠
- to be completely different; to be poles apart
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 天差地遠 (“to be completely different; to be poles apart”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 天差地遠, 天差地別, 天懸地隔, 天遠地隔, 天壤之別, 霄壤之別, 天淵之別, 天壤之隔, 天壤之判, 霄壤之殊 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 天差地別 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 天遠地隔 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 爭天共地 |
Hong Kong | 爭天共地, 差天共地, 天淵之別 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 天差地 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 差天差地, 天差淵 |
Quanzhou | 差天共地 | |
Zhangzhou | 差天差地, 天差淵 | |
Tainan | 差天差地 | |
Haifeng | 縒天對地 | |
Xiang | Loudi | 天差地遠 |