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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 雲泥萬里 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
While this term takes the format of a Classical Chinese 四字熟語 (yoji jukugo, “four-character compound expression”), there is no clear evidence that this existed in Classical Chinese sources. As such, this appears to be a coinage within Japanese, as a compound of 雲泥 (undei, “clouds and mud”) + 万里 (banri, “a very long distance”).
First cited in Japanese to a work from 1018.
Pronunciation
Noun
雲泥万里 • (undei banri)
- two things that are poles apart
- Synonyms: 雲泥の差 (undei no sa, literally “the difference between clouds and mud”), 月と鼈 (tsuki to suppon, literally “the moon and a soft-shelled turtle”)
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