十万八

十萬八

shíwànbā

phrase #23,957

Meanings

1 extremely far away
2 a world apart
3 miles away

Characters

eight (short for 八千里, eight thousand li)

Examples

HSK 3

他说的跟实际情况差了十万八。

Tā shuō de gēn shíjì qíngkuàng chà le shíwànbā.

What he said is miles away from the actual situation.

HSK 7-9

你的理解跟原文差了十万八千里。

Nǐ de lǐjiě gēn yuánwén chà le shíwànbāqiān lǐ.

Your understanding is 108,000 li away from the original text.

Tips

culture

十万八千里 (108,000 li) is the distance 孙悟空 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

十 shí

万 wàn

八 bā