be quite distinct from each other

be quite distinct from each other

It is a Chinese idiom, pronounced J ī NGW è if ē nm í ng, which means that the Jinghe River is clear and the Weihe River is muddy. When the Jinghe River flows into the Weihe River, it is clear and muddy. The metaphor has clear boundary or right and wrong. It comes from the book of songs, Yingfeng and Gufeng.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms are clear, black and white; antonyms are white, black and white

The origin of Idioms

In the book of songs, the wind of the river and the wind of the valley, it is said that "the river is turbid by the river, which is the river.".

Idiom usage

It is the subject predicate type; it is the subject, predicate, object and attribute; it contains commendatory meaning; it is the example; it points out the fate of the Ming Dynasty in Jingwei, and Yuanrong never planned the enmity and enmity. Literature and science are not entirely different. In Yu Shi Ming Yan, Volume 10, Teng Da, Yin GUI Duan's family property: "when he was 14 years old, he gradually made a clear distinction in his mind, so he couldn't hide it from him. "It's the opposite

Idioms and allusions

Weihe River is the largest tributary of the Yellow River, which originates in Gansu and flows into the Yellow River through Shaanxi; Jinghe River is also a tributary of Weihe River, which originates in Ningxia. The two rivers meet in Gaoling District of Xi'an city. The well-known idiom of "clear distinction between the Jing River and the Wei River" originated from the intersection of the two rivers. It is said that in the meeting place of Jing River and Wei River, the clear and turbid water is clear, and the boundary is clear but not mixed. It is used to describe the clear boundary. The ancients believed that the Jing River was turbid while the Wei River was clear. According to the textual research, the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's "autumn rain sigh" said: "where should we divide the turbid river and the clear river", which is probably the rudiment of this idiom. So, can we still see the landscape of clear water and turbid water flowing in the same river at the intersection of the two rivers? It's still possible. However, when we come to the confluence of the two rivers, we can see that the Wei River is turbid than the Jing River. Many experts went to the field to investigate, and what they saw was also a clear and turbid phenomenon. The modern Chinese Dictionary therefore interprets this idiom as: "the water of the Jing River is clear and the water of the Wei River is muddy. When the Jing River flows into the Wei River, it is clear and muddy.". Some people also wrote about it, thinking that the ancients made a mistake, and that it should be clear and turbid. What the hell is going on? Is it true that the ancients were wrong? As a matter of fact, the Weihe River flows through Guanzhong Plain and 800 Li Qinchuan from bird mouse mountain in Gansu Province to the Yellow River, while the Jinghe River flows through the Loess Plateau, where soil erosion is serious. As far as the sediment content of river water is concerned, it should be that the sediment concentration of Jing River is higher than that of Wei River. According to statistics, at present, the Jinghe River transports 304 million tons of sediment to the Weihe River every year, with an average sediment concentration of 196 kg / m3; before it was included in the Jinghe River, the Weihe River transports 178 million tons of sediment every year, with an average sediment concentration of 26.8 kg / M3. From the perspective of figures, it is still clear, especially in the dry season. However, in modern times, due to human activities in the Weihe River Basin, especially in the upper reaches, the environment is seriously damaged, and soil erosion is also an important problem. Due to the mineral composition of the soil in the area where the Weihe River flows, when the sediment content of the Weihe River reaches 10 kg / m3, the water color will turn red yellow. On the surface, the natural landscape of Wei River still exists, but the color of Wei River is deeper than that of Jing River. It's not that the ancients made a mistake, it's the influence of later generations on the environment, and we have to pay attention to it. Because of this idiom, many people come to the meeting place of Jingwei river every year to see the difference between the two.