两极分化

兩極分化

liǎngjí fēnhuà

noun

Meanings

HSK 5

网上对这部电影的评价两极分化，有人说好，有人说差。

Wǎngshàng duì zhè bù diànyǐng de píngjià liǎngjí fēnhuà, yǒurén shuō hǎo, yǒurén shuō chà.

Online reviews of this film are polarized: some people say it's good, others say it's bad.

HSK 7-9

这个国家的贫富两极分化很严重。

Zhège guójiā de pínfù liǎngjí fēnhuà hěn yánzhòng.

The polarization between rich and poor in this country is severe.

usage

Where English calls opinions or a society 'polarized', Chinese uses 两极分化. The physics word 极性 'polarity' is not used this way.

两 liǎng

极 jí

分 fēn

化 huà