同日

tóngrì
noun #33,733

Meanings

  1. 1 the same day
  2. 2 simultaneously; on the same date

Examples

Liǎng rén tóngrì chūshēng.
The two were born on the same day.
Bùkě tóngrì ér yǔ.
Cannot be spoken of in the same breath. (i.e. they're not comparable)

Tips

usage
Most common in formal/written register and in the fixed phrase 不可同日而语 (lit. 'cannot speak of them on the same day') — the classical way of saying 'these two things are on completely different levels'. In casual speech, 同一天 (tóng yī tiān) is more natural.
history
The phrase 不可同日而语 comes from《战国》(Strategies of the Warring States), where Su Qin () used it to argue that two states' positions were not even comparable — making it one of the oldest 'apples and oranges' arguments in Chinese.

Stroke Order

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