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 |
far; distant; remote | ||
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trad. (天差地遠) | 天 | 差 | 地 | 遠 | |
simp. (天差地远) | 天 | 差 | 地 | 远 |
天差地遠
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 |