Saying is quite different from doing.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
两码事
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 两码事 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 两码事 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Intersex and trans are two different things.
There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 两码事.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 两码事.
Directly before
- 是两码事3
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 两码事
What does 两码事 mean in Chinese?
两码事 (liǎngmǎshì) means two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things.
How do you pronounce 两码事?
两码事 is pronounced liǎngmǎshì.
Is 两码事 an HSK word?
两码事 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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