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Chinese

大相徑庭

/tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ tʰiŋ³⁵/
completely different; poles apart; as different as can be
  • 大相逕庭
  • 大相径庭
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Origin

The phrase 大相徑庭 is composed of four characters. 大 means big, large, huge, or of great size. 相 means to see for oneself or to evaluate by seeing for oneself, formed with the components 木 (tree; woody plant) and 目 (eye).

徑 means path or road, consisting of the semantic component 彳 (to walk slowly) and the phonetic component 巠 (streams running underground). 庭 means courtyard, containing the semantic component 广 (house built to depend on a cliff) and the phonetic component 廷 (palace courtyard; court of a feudal lord). The character 廷 is further composed of the semantic component 廴 (to stride) and the phonetic component 𡈼 (the original form of 挺).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
  • characterChinese相 “to see for oneself; to evaluate by seeing for oneself”
    • ideaChinese木 “tree; woody plant”
    • ideaChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
  • characterChinese徑 “path; road”
    • meaningChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
    • soundChinese巠 “streams running underground”
  • characterChinese庭 “courtyard”
    • meaningChinese广 “house built to depend on a cliff”
    • soundChinese廷 “palace courtyard; court of a feudal lord”
      • meaningChinese廴 “to stride”
      • soundChinese𡈼 “original form of 挺 (tǐng)”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. completely different; poles apart; as different as can be

Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wiktionary: 大相徑庭