不可同日而語

不可同日而語

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	to speak of two things on the same day; to mention things on equal terms
trad. (不可同日而語)		不可	同日而語
simp. (不可同日而语)		不可	同日而语
Literally: “musn't speak of two things on the same day”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkě tóngrì'éryǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² tung⁴ jat⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùkě tóngrì'éryǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukee torngryherlyeu
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ ho² tung⁴ jat⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁵
    • Yale: bāt hó tùhng yaht yìh yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² tung⁴ jat⁹ ji⁴ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² tung⁴ yed⁶ yi⁴ yu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ jɐt̚² jiː²¹ jyː¹³/

Idiom

不可同日而語

1. incomparable; too different to compare; cannot be mentioned in the same breath; there is no comparison between them