粵

兩loeng5回wui4事si6

simp两回事
loeng5 wui4 si6liǎng huí shì

English

  1. two quite different things
  2. two unrelated matters
  3. two completely unrelated things

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 兩件完全冇關係嘅事物

Examples

  • 成瘾和过度是两回事。

    Getting addicted to something and having too much of something are two different things.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 知道和行动是两回事。

    Knowing and doing are two different things.

    Tatoeba · suitchic CC BY

  • 管理一間公司和擁有一間公司是不能相提並論的兩回事。

    Management of a company is different from ownership of a company.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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