差天差地

差天差地

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	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	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
simp. and trad. (差天差地)		差	天	差	地

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chha-thiⁿ-chha-tē

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha-thiⁿ-chha-tē
    • Tâi-lô: tsha-thinn-tsha-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zha'tvizha'de
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² te²²/

Idiom

差天差地

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou 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) 差天共地