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"poles apart (idiom)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
天差地远 天差地遠 tiān chā dì yuǎn poles apart (idiom) / entirely different syn
天差地別 tiān chā dì bié poles apart (idiom) / as different as can be
Chinese Pinyin Translation
两极 兩極 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
天渊 天淵 tiān yuān distance between two poles / poles apart
抬杠 抬槓 tái gàng to bicker / to argue for the sake of arguing / to carry on poles (together with sb else) / to carry a coffin on poles syn
大相径庭 大相徑庭 dà xiāng jìng tíng as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart syn
天差地别 天差地別 tiān chā dì bié (idiom) poles apart / as different as can be
悬殊 懸殊 xuán shū vastly different / poles apart syn
十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) syn
天南地北 tiān nán - dì běi (idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places / from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that syn
南北极 南北極 nán běi jí south and north poles
高纬度 高緯度 gāo wěi dù high latitude (i.e. near the poles)
滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
挑山工 tiāo shān gōng laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles
罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool syn
篥 lì bamboos good for poles / horn
地理极 地理極 dì lǐ jí geographic pole / north and south poles
木椆 mù zhòu type of wood used to make punting poles for boats (old)
挂旗 掛旗 guà qí vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)
四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè all split up and in pieces (idiom) / disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens syn
开天辟地 開天闢地 kāi tiān pì dì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom) / refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth syn
分崩离析 分崩離析 fēn bēng lí xī to collapse and fall apart (idiom) / to break up / falling to pieces syn
吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom) / fig. to be fastidious / nitpick syn
妻离子散 妻離子散 qī lí zǐ sàn a family wrenched apart (idiom) syn
不啻天渊 不啻天淵 bù chì tiān yuān no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom) / differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger
隔行如隔山 gé háng rú gé shān different trades, worlds apart (idiom) / to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book
一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom) syn
咫尺天涯 zhǐ chǐ tiān yá so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
判若云泥 判若雲泥 pàn ruò yún ní as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart syn
一日不见，如隔三秋 一日不見，如隔三秋 yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一个天南，一个地北 一個天南，一個地北 yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi to live miles apart (idiom)
肉烂在锅里 肉爛在鍋裡 ròu làn zài guō lǐ lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders
聚少离多 聚少離多 jù shǎo lí duō (idiom) (of a husband and wife, etc) to spend more time apart than together / to see each other very little
一个天南，一个地北 一個天南，一個地北 yī ge - tiān nán , yī ge - dì běi (idiom) to live miles apart
聚少离多 聚少離多 jù shǎo - lí duō (idiom) (of a husband and wife etc) to spend more time apart than together / to see each other very little
除了 chú le besides / apart from (... also...) / in addition to / except (for) syn
分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn
距离 距離 jù lí distance / CL:個|个[ge4] / to be apart from syn
以外 yǐ wài apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond syn
其余 其餘 qí yú the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them syn
拉开 拉開 lā kāi to pull open / to pull apart / to space out / to increase syn
崩溃 崩潰 bēng kuì to collapse / to crumble / to fall apart syn
除此之外 chú cǐ zhī wài apart from this / in addition to this syn
除去 chú qù to eliminate / to remove / except for / apart from syn
分化 fēn huà to split apart / differentiation
断裂 斷裂 duàn liè fracture / rupture / to break apart syn
撕裂 sī liè to tear / to rip apart syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
相距 xiāng jù distance apart / separated by a given distance syn
天涯海角 tiān yá hǎi jiǎo the ends of the earth / separated worlds apart syn
疏远 疏遠 shū yuǎn to drift apart / to become estranged / to alienate / estrangement syn
分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
选派 選派 xuǎn pài to select / to detail / to set apart / to appoint syn
拆卸 chāi xiè to dismantle / to take apart syn
脱节 脫節 tuō jié to come apart syn
拆下 chāi xià to dismantle / to take apart
分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups
疏离 疏離 shū lí to become alienated / estranged / alienation / disaffection / set wide apart
撕扯 sī chě to tear apart
割裂 gē liè to cut apart / to sever / to separate / to isolate syn
马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
裂变 裂變 liè biàn (physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units / to fragment
去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
掰开 掰開 bāi kāi to pull apart / to pry open with the hands syn
天各一方 tiān gè yī fāng (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other syn
扒开 扒開 bā kāi to pry open or apart / to spread (sth) open with both hands syn
拧开 擰開 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
土崩瓦解 tǔ bēng wǎ jiě to collapse / to fall apart syn
散架 sǎn jià to fall apart / exhaustion syn
扯破 chě pò tear apart
脱胶 脫膠 tuō jiāo (of parts glued together) to come apart syn
散 sǎn scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine syn
距 jù to be at a distance of ... from / to be apart from / (bound form) distance / spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc) syn
割 gē to cut / to cut apart syn
拆 chāi to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open syn
派任 pài rèn to set apart / to assign sb to a job
橆 wǔ variant of 無|无 / negative / none / without / apart from
一东一西 一東一西 yī dōng yī xī far apart
其外 qí wài besides / in addition / apart from that
另开 另開 lìng kāi to break up / to divide property and live apart / to start on a new (path)
掰开揉碎 掰開揉碎 bāi kāi róu suì lit. to pull apart and knead to a pulp / fig. to analyze minutely from every angle / to chew sth over
散板 sǎn bǎn to fall apart / opera section in free rhythm
渐行渐远 漸行漸遠 jiàn xíng jiàn yuǎn gradually proceed, gradually get further apart
独立门户 獨立門戶 dú lì mén hù to live apart from parents (of married couple) / to achieve independence
绽裂 綻裂 zhàn liè to split open / to split apart syn
认人 認人 rèn rén to recognize people (of babies) / to be able to tell people apart
开胶 開膠 kāi jiāo to come unglued / to come apart
一线之间 一線之間 yī xiàn zhī jiān a hair's breadth apart / a fine line / a fine distinction
嚗 bó (onom.) sound of sth splitting or breaking apart / sound of an object falling to the ground / a cry of rage / Taiwan pr. [bo1]
从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly / to drop into one's lap syn
数一数二 數一數二 shǔ yī shǔ èr (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one syn
雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1] syn
一技之长 一技之長 yī jì zhī cháng proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) syn
博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì mǎi lǘ lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom) / fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point / idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
磨穿铁砚 磨穿鐵硯 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
雨过天青 雨過天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2]
雪泥鸿爪 雪泥鴻爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
推来推去 推來推去 tuī lái tuī qù (idiom) to rudely push and pull others / (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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