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截然不同

Mandarin · pinyin jié rán bù tóng

Meanings

  1. entirely different
  2. different as black and white
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截
jié · cut off, stop, obstruct, intersect
然
rán · yes, certainly; pledge, promise
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
同
tóng · same, similar; together with
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2–2–4–2 · jie2 ran2 bu4 tong2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zit6 jin4 bat1 tung4

Cantonese word readings for 截然不同. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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zit6 jin4 bat1 tung4

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be completely different; to be poles apart

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