WordTaiwan frequency #24,205
天壤之別
ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄤˇ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝˊ
“vast difference; as different as heaven and earth”
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天
ㄊㄧㄢ
Sky or heaven; the universe; day or a period of time; nature; weather; season.
壤
ㄖㄤˇ
Soil; earth; loose soil; farmland; territory or region; to connect or join.
之
ㄓ
Possessive particle, similar to 的; pronoun for him, her, it, them; verb meaning to go; preposition indicating location or relation.
別
ㄅㄧㄝˊ
to separate; to distinguish; don't; other; another; different; to fasten with a pin; to insert; category
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 之後ㄓ ㄏㄡˋafter; afterwards; since then; later; from that time on.
- 昨天ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢyesterday; the day before today; the previous day
- 特別ㄊㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊspecial; unusual; particularly; especially; very; in particular; distinct from the ordinary.
- 之間ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢbetween; among; amid; used after nouns or certain bisyllabic words to indicate a short period of time
- 今天ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢtoday; the present time; now
- 別人ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄖㄣˊother people; someone else; a person distinct from oneself or the group mentioned.
- 之前ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand; earlier than a given time.
- 分別ㄈㄣ ㄅㄧㄝˊto distinguish; to tell apart; to differentiate; to separate; to part; to leave each other; difference; distinction; separately; individually; respectively; in different ways; differently.
- 之外ㄓ ㄨㄞˋoutside; beyond; excluding; other than; apart from.
- 之中ㄓ ㄓㄨㄥinside; among; in the midst of; during.
- 之下ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋunder; beneath; less than; in a lower position or condition
- 天下ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋthe whole world; all under heaven; the realm; (historical) the territory of China; (by extension) political rule or dominion over a realm