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隔行如隔山

Mandarin · pinyin gé háng rú gé shān

different trades, worlds apart (idiom); to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book

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隔: gé · separate, partition
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
如: rú · if, supposing; as if; like, as
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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2–2–2–2–1 · ge2 hang2 ru2 ge2 shan1

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gaak3 hong4 jyu4 gaak3 saan1

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proverb

(simile) different trades are worlds apart; to someone outside the profession, it is a closed book

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