不同凡响

不同凡響

bùtóng-fánxiǎng

idiom #22,900

Meanings

HSK 3

这位年轻艺术家的作品真是不同凡响。

Zhè wèi niánqīng yìshùjiā de zuòpǐn zhēnshì bùtóng-fánxiǎng.

The works of this young artist are truly out of the ordinary.

HSK 6

他的演讲不同凡响，赢得了全场热烈掌声。

Tā de yǎnjiǎng bùtóng-fánxiǎng, yíngdé le quánchǎng rèliè zhǎngshēng.

His speech was extraordinary and earned enthusiastic applause from the entire audience.

memory

Literally: "not the same as a common chord." 凡响 = ordinary sound/chord. Something 不同凡响 strikes a note no ordinary thing could match.

不 bù

同 tóng

凡 fán

响 xiǎng