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天差地遠
简 天差地远 · 繁 天差地遠Mandarin · pinyin tiān chā dì yuǎn
Meanings
- poles apart (idiom)
- entirely different
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1–1–4–3 · tian1 cha1 di4 yuan3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tin1 caa1 dei6 jyun5
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tin1 caa1 dei6 jyun5
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be completely different; to be poles apart
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