泾渭分明

Traditional form:

涇渭分明

Pinyin (reading):

Jīng Wèifēnmíng

Definitions:

• as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom)
• to be entirely different

Characters:

• 泾 - a river in Gansu and Shaanxi
• 渭 - a river in Shanxi province
• 分 - to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light

Traditional characters:

• 涇 - a river in Gansu and Shaanxi
• 渭 - a river in Shanxi province
• 分 - to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light