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不啻天淵

简不啻天渊 · 繁不啻天淵

Mandarin · pinyin bù chì tiān yuān

no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely
worlds apart
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: Look up this written character
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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