| day; sky; heaven | differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake |
earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly |
other; distinguish; contrary other; distinguish; contrary; difficult; awkward; leave; depart; separate; classify; another; do not; must not; to pin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (天差地別) | 天 | 差 | 地 | 別 | |
| simp. (天差地别) | 天 | 差 | 地 | 别 | |
天差地別
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 天差地遠, 天差地別, 天懸地隔, 天遠地隔, 天壤之別, 霄壤之別, 天淵之別, 天壤之隔, 天壤之判, 霄壤之殊 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 天差地別 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 天遠地隔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 爭天共地 |
| Hong Kong | 爭天共地, 差天共地, 天淵之別 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 天差地 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 差天差地, 天差淵 |
| Quanzhou | 差天共地 | |
| Zhangzhou | 差天差地, 天差淵 | |
| Tainan | 差天差地 | |
| Haifeng | 縒天對地 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 天差地遠 |