不可同日而語

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	to speak of two things on the same day; to mention things on equal terms
trad. (不可同日而語)		不可	同日而語
simp. (不可同日而语)		不可	同日而语
Literally: “musn't speak of two things on the same day”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùkě tóngrì'éryǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² tung⁴ jat⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùkě tóngrì'éryǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùkě tóngrìh-éryǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³ tʻung²-jih⁴-êrh²-yü³
  - Yale: bù-kě túng-r̀-ér-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukee torngryherlyeu
  - Palladius: букэ тунжиэрюй (bukɛ tunžierjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ho² tung⁴ jat⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: bāt hó tùhng yaht yìh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² tung⁴ jat⁹ ji⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² tung⁴ yed⁶ yi⁴ yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ jɐt̚² jiː²¹ jyː¹³/

Idiom

不可同日而語

incomparable; too different to compare; cannot be mentioned in the same breath; there is no comparison between them
Synonym: 不可同年而語／不可同年而语 (bùkě tóngnián'éryǔ)

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