Using a knife to chop something in two halves is clear judgment.
判若云泥
as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
- 。
Their lives are as different as heaven and earth.
- 貳形adjective
worlds apart
- 。
Their levels of skill are as different as heaven and earth.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))ASSOCIATIVE
- 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)ASSOCIATIVE
Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water)RADICAL
- 尼(close; intimate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.
as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
- 。
Their lives are as different as heaven and earth.
- 貳形adjective
worlds apart
- 。
Their levels of skill are as different as heaven and earth.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 二(two horizontal lines (symbolizing sky))ASSOCIATIVE
- 厶(spiral shape; swirling cloud pattern)ASSOCIATIVE
Clouds curling in circles beneath the sky, the character 云 paints the shape of a cloud drifting upward.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water)RADICAL
- 尼(close; intimate)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Mud is earth mixed tightly with water, clinging to the soil like a nun stays close to the ground.
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