天壤之别 Chinese English dictionary 天壤之别 translate 天壤之别 pinyin

天壤之别

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
天壤之别 tiānrǎngzhībié	天壤之别 \| 天壤之别* \| *天壤之别	(lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / (fig.) night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)	天壤之別

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
天	天 \| 天* \| *天	4画大 + 1	tiān	sky, heaven; god, celestial	tin1	1043.0 MK


壤	壤 \| 壤* \| *壤	20画土 + 17	rǎng	soil, loam, earth; rich	joeng6	4013.2 GYRV


之	之 \| 之* \| *之	3画丿 + 3	zhī	marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to	zi1	3030.7 INO


别	别 \| 别* \| *别	7画刀刂 + 5	bié, biè	separate, other; do not	bit6	別彆 6240 XRSLN

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Simplified		English Definition
天壤之别 tiānrǎngzhībié	天壤之别 \| 天壤之别* \| *天壤之别	(lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / (fig.) night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)


天 tiān	天 \| 天* \| *天	day / sky / heaven


壤　rǎng	壤 \| 壤* \| *壤	(bound form) soil; earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天)


之　　zhī	之 \| 之* \| *之	(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it


别　　　Bié	别 \| 别* \| *别	surname Bie


别　　　bié	别 \| 别* \| *别	to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other; another; different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別｜性别, 派別｜派别)


别　　　biè	别 \| 别* \| *别	to make sb change their ways, opinions etc