判若天淵

Chinese

to judge; to sentence; to discriminate
to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern
 
to seem; like; as
to seem; like; as; if
 
 high heaven and deep sea; poles apart; distance between two poles
trad. (判若天淵) 判 若 天淵
simp. (判若天渊) 判 若 天渊
Literally: “(the difference between the two) like that between heaven and earth”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

判若天淵

  1. (literary) to be a world of difference between them; to be worlds away

Synonyms

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