大相徑庭

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Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
each other; appearance; portrait
each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
 
to go across courtyard; to be completely different
trad. (大相徑庭/大相逕庭) 徑庭/逕庭
simp. (大相径庭) 径庭

Etymology

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From Zhuangzi:

驚怖河漢無極徑庭人情 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
惊怖河汉无极径庭人情 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
Wú jīngbù qí yán, yóu héhàn ér wújí yě; dà yǒu jìngtíng, bù jìn rénqíng yān. [Pinyin]
I was frightened and scared by his words; they were like the Milky Way which cannot be traced to its beginning or end. They had no connexion with one another, and were not akin to the experiences of men.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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大相徑庭

  1. completely different; poles apart; as different as can be