Chinese word dictionary

霄壤之别

xiāo rǎng zhī bié · see 天壤之別|天壤之别[tian1 rang3 zhi1 bie2]

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Simplified霄壤之别

Traditional霄壤之別

Pinyinxiāo rǎng zhī bié

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

霄xiāo

clouds, mist; sky

壤rǎng

soil, loam, earth; rich

之zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

别bié

to separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave; other; do not, must not

How to learn 霄壤之别

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Words with the same characters

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之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

别Bié

surname Bie

别bié

surname Bie; to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])

别的biéde

else; other

别人biérén

other people; others; other person

特别tèbié

unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular