两码事 Chinese English dictionary 两码事 translate 两码事 pinyin

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两码事

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
两码事 liǎngmǎshì	两码事 \| 两码事* \| *两码事	two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things	兩碼事

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
两	两 \| 两* \| *两	7画一 + 6	liǎng, liàng	two, both, pair, couple; ounce	loeng5	兩 1022 MOOB


码	码 \| 码* \| *码	8画石 + 3	mǎ	number, numerals; yard; symbol	maa5	碼 1762 MRNVM


事	事 \| 事* \| *事	8画亅了 + 7	shì	affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident	si6	5000.7 JLLN

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
两码事 liǎngmǎshì	两码事 \| 两码事* \| *两码事	two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things


两 liǎng	两 \| 两* \| *两	two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old)


码　mǎ	码 \| 码* \| *码	(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事｜不是一码事 "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)


事　　shì	事 \| 事* \| *事	matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: 件, 樁｜桩, 回