云泥之差

Traditional form:

雲泥之差

Pinyin (reading):

yúnnízhīchà

Definitions:

• see 雲泥之別／云泥之别 (yúnnízhībié)

Characters:

• 云 - cloud; to say, to speak
• 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 差 - difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer

Traditional characters:

• 雲 - cloud; to say, to speak
• 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 差 - difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer