十万八

十萬八
shíwànbā
phrase #23,957

Meanings

  1. 1 (short for 十万八千里) extremely far away
  2. 2 a world apart
  3. 3 miles away

Examples

Tā shuō de gēn shíjì qíngkuàng chā le shíwànbā.
What he said is miles away from the actual situation.
Nǐ de lǐjiě gēn yuánwén chā le shíwànbā qiānlǐ.
Your understanding is 108,000 li away from the original text.

Tips

culture
十万八 (108,000 li) is the distance Sun Wukong travels in one somersault in Journey to the West. It became a fixed phrase meaning an enormous, unbridgeable gap. 十万八 is a colloquial shortening.

Stroke Order

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wàn