天壤之别 tiān rǎng zhī bié

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom)
  2. fig. night and day difference
  3. opposite extremes
  4. a world of difference
  5. a far cry from

CHARACTERS

天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
壤 rǎng
HSK 6
soil, loam, earth; rich
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
别 bié
HSK 2
separate, other; do not