差天共地

差天共地

Chinese

		differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake	day; sky; heaven	all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
simp. and trad. (差天共地)		差	天	共	地

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹ tin¹ gung⁶ dei⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chha-thiⁿ-kāng-tōe

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹ tin¹ gung⁶ dei⁶
    • Yale: chā tīn guhng deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹ tin¹ gung⁶ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca¹ tin¹ gung⁶ déi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ²² tei̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-thiⁿ-kāng-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: tsha-thinn-kāng-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'tvi'kaxngdoe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³ tʰĩ³³ kaŋ⁴¹⁻²² tue⁴¹/

Idiom

差天共地

1. (Cantonese, Quanzhou Hokkien) to be poles apart; to be like night and day; to be a world of difference between them

Synonyms

• 天壤之別／天壤之别 (tiānrǎngzhībié)
• (Min Nan) 差天差地