同日而語

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Chinese

the same day
and; as well as; but (not)
and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (同日而語) 同日
simp. (同日而语) 同日
Literally: “to speak of two things on the same day”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2
Initial () (7) (38) (38) (31)
Final () (1) (48) (19) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () I III III III
Fanqie
Baxter duwng nyit nyi ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duŋ/ /ȵiɪt̚/ /ȵɨ/ /ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/duŋ/ /ȵit̚/ /ȵɨ/ /ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/duŋ/ /ȵʑjet̚/ /ȵʑie/ /ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwŋ/ /ȵit̚/ /ȵɨ/ /ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/duŋ/ /ȵiĕt̚/ /ȵiə/ /ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li
/duŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/ /ȵʑĭə/ /ŋĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/ /ȵʑi/ /ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng ér
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tung4 jat6 ji4 jyu5

Idiom

同日而語

  1. to mention things on equal terms

Usage notes

Usually used with a negation.

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