兩碼事
simp两码事loeng5 maa5 si6liǎng mǎ shì
English
- two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
Examples
说和做是两码事。
Saying is quite different from doing.
Tatoeba · popolady CC BY
陰陽人與跨性別是兩碼事。
Intersex and trans are two different things.
Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY
为享受和生命激活而读书,和为知识和教化而读书,是两码事。
There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.
Tatoeba · Gustav249 CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese