差天差地
Chinese
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 |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (差天差地) | 差 | 天 | 差 | 地 | |
| simp. #(差天差地) | 差 | 天 | 差 | 地 | |
Pronunciation
Idiom
差天差地
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be poles apart; to be like night and day; to be a world of difference between them
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 天差地遠 (“to be completely different; to be poles apart”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 天差地別 |
| 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 |
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