无异

無異

wúyì

phrase #21,920

Meanings

1 no different from
2 the same as
3 tantamount to
4 amounts to

Characters

nothing/without/no

different/unusual

Examples

这样做无异于自杀。

Zhèyàng zuò wúyìyú zìshā.

Doing this is tantamount to suicide.

他的沉默无异于承认。

Tā de chénmò wúyìyú chéngrèn.

His silence amounts to an admission.

这种行为无异于欺骗。

Zhèzhǒng xíngwéi wúyìyú qīpiàn.

This kind of behavior is no different from cheating.

Tips

grammar

无异 almost always appears before 于 (yú) in the pattern 无异于 + [something], meaning 'is tantamount to' or 'is no different from'. It is a formal/written expression.

Stroke Order

无 wú

异 yì