不啻天淵

简 不啻天渊 · 繁 不啻天淵
Mandarin · pinyin bù chì tiān yuān

Meanings

  1. no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely
  2. worlds apart
  3. the gap couldn't be bigger
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
啻
chì · only, merely; just like; stop at
天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
淵
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渊
yuān · surge up, bubble up, gush forth
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4–4–1–1 · bu4 chi4 tian1 yuan1

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bat1 ci3 tin1 jyun1

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不啻天淵 · bu4 chi4 tian1 yuan1
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Exact source record不啻天淵 不啻天渊 [bu4 chi4 tian1 yuan1] /no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely/worlds apart/the gap couldn't be bigger/