天壤之别

天壤之別

tiānrǎngzhībié

idiom #26,393

Meanings

HSK 2

他改变了很多，和以前的他有天壤之别。

Tā gǎibiàn le hěnduō, hé yǐqián de tā yǒu tiānrǎngzhībié.

He has changed a great deal; he is worlds apart from who he used to be.

HSK 2

两个人的生活水平有天壤之别。

Liǎng gè rén de shēnghuó shuǐpíng yǒu tiānrǎngzhībié.

The two people's standards of living are poles apart.

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.

天 tiān

壤 rǎng

之 zhī

别 bié