a world of difference(tiān rǎng zhī bié)

a world of difference

In Chinese, Pinyin is ti ā NR ǎ ngzh ī Bi é, which refers to the difference between heaven and earth. It's a big difference. From baopuzi neipian Lun Xian.

The origin of Idioms

In Bao Pu Zi Nei Pian Lun Xian by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "the tendency to give up is different from that of the ear and the eye. It is different from that of the earth and the sky (comparison), and it is better to be an iceberg."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to refer to something very different. Chapter 36 of biography of children heroes by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty: "if you don't take the road of Hanlin, there will be a world of difference for the same division." 2. Yin Qian (complete works of Yin Qian's essays, 1996 edition): "there are real artists, there are fake artists, there are big artists and small artists. Small artists pursue their own interests while big artists pursue the interests of the public. Small artists only see the trivial gains and losses in front of them, but big artists know how to plan far-reaching for the future of the nation and mankind. Compared with the narrow-minded "small" artists, the big artists are as broad-minded as the vast plain; compared with the fake artists like counterfeit banknotes, the real artists are pure gold. It's a world of difference. It can't be said in the same breath. "

Analysis of Idioms

The synonym heaven and hell, the difference between heaven and earth, the difference between heaven and earth, the difference between heaven and earth, the difference between arm and thigh, the difference is very different, very different the antonym the difference is almost the same, the difference is not the same, the difference is not the same

Chinese PinYin : tiān rǎng zhī bié