Where does “雲泥の差” come from?
雲泥の差 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雲泥, from Japanese 雲, from Middle Chinese 雲.
雲泥の差 (Japanese): a great difference when compared with the same...
Definitions
- a great difference when compared with the same...
Ancestry of “雲泥の差”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 雲泥 | things that are very different |
| 2 | Japanese | 雲 | a cloud; of how clouds are widely spread; of how... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 雲 | — |