4 characters Idiom and proverb 23 958

The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「截然不同」, detailing its meaning and use.

This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「截然不同」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.

Used to describe two things that have nothing in common.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jié rán bù tóng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jit6 yin4 bat1 tung4

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