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天壤之别

天壤之別
tiānrǎngzhībié
idiom #26,393

Meanings

  1. 1 a world of difference
  2. 2 poles apart
  3. 3 as different as heaven and earth

Examples

他改变了很多，和以前的他有天壤之别。
Tā gǎibiàn le hěn duō, hé yǐqián de tā yǒu tiānrǎng zhī bié.
He has changed a great deal; he is worlds apart from who he used to be.
两个人的生活水平有天壤之别。
Liǎng gè rén de shēnghuó shuǐpíng yǒu tiānrǎng zhī bié.
The two people's standards of living are poles apart.

Tips

memory
天 (sky/heaven) and 壤 (earth/soil) are as far apart as anything can be — use this image to remember that 天壤之别 means an enormous difference.

Stroke Order

天 tiān
壤 rǎng
之 zhī
别 bié