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截然不同

Mandarin · pinyin jié rán bù tóng

entirely different
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

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

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