不可同年而語
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]cannot; should not; must not | to mention things on equal terms | ||
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trad. (不可同年而語) | 不可 | 同年而語 | |
simp. (不可同年而语) | 不可 | 同年而语 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùkě tóngnián-éryǔ
- Wade–Giles: pu4-kʻo3 tʻung2-nien2-êrh2-yü3
- Yale: bù-kě túng-nyán-ér-yǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukee torngnianerlyeu
- Palladius: букэ тунняньэрюй (bukɛ tunnjanʹerjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]不可同年而語
- incomparable; too different to compare; cannot be mentioned in the same breath; there is no comparison between them