霄壤之別

霄壤之别
xiāorǎngzhībié
see 天壤之別 tiānrǎngzhībié

CEDICT

形容如天地般相差極遠，極為不同。如：「他的個性沉默寡言，而她活潑好動，真是霄壤之別啊！」也作「霄壤之殊」。

重編國語辭典

形容如天地般相差極遠，極為不同

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 霄 xiāo
  1. firmament
  2. heaven
2 壤 rǎng
  1. (bound form) soil; earth
  2. (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天 tiān)
3 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
4 別 bié
  1. to leave; to part (from)
  2. (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish
  3. (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc)
  4. (bound form) other; another; different
  5. don't ...!
  6. to fasten with a pin or clip
  7. to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement)
  8. (noun suffix) category (as in 性別 xìngbié, 派別 pàibié)

Related entries

天淵之別 tiānyuānzhībié see 天壤之別 tiānrǎngzhībié