大相徑庭

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to go across courtyard; to be completely different
trad. (大相徑庭/大相逕庭)		大	相	徑庭/逕庭
simp. (大相径庭)		大	相	径庭

Etymology

From Zhuangzi:

吾驚怖其言，猶河漢而無極也；大有徑庭，不近人情焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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吾惊怖其言，犹河汉而无极也；大有径庭，不近人情焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

Wú jīngbù qí yán, yóu héhàn ér wújí yě; dà yǒu jìngtíng, bù jìn rénqíng yān. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàxiāngjìngtíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ soeng³ ging³ ting⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàxiāngjìngtíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsiangjìngtíng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsiang¹-ching⁴-tʻing²
    • Yale: dà-syāng-jìng-tíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshiangjinqtyng
    • Palladius: дасянцзинтин (dasjanczintin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ soeng³ ging³ ting⁴
    • Yale: daaih seung ging tìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ soeng³ ging³ ting⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sêng³ ging³ ting⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sœːŋ³³ kɪŋ³³ tʰɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 大相徑庭

1. completely different; poles apart; as different as can be