two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
trad. 兩碼事
Also written 兩碼事【liǎng mǎ shì】
Characters in this word
3两
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two, both, some, a few, tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- Pinyin
- liǎng
- Traditional
- 兩
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1703 of 2500
码
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(archaic) agate, (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale, number, (computing) code, (clothing) size, yard (unit of length), (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references), (coll.) to pile up; to stack, classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bu4 shi4 yi1 ma3 shi4] "not the same thing"), (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
- Pinyin
- mǎ
- Traditional
- 碼
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5060 of 2500
事
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matter, thing, item, work, affair, CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 68 of 2500