as different as heaven and hell

as different as heaven and hell

Tianyuanzhijie, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ti ā NYU ā nzh ī g é, and the adjectives are very far apart. It's from Xingshi Hengyan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Yuan: deep pool. The descriptions are very far apart and very different.

The origin of Idioms

"Although Xu Yan and Xu Zhao also earned some property, compared with the Yan family, they are still far away from each other, and their eyes are red all day long."

Idiom usage

There is a great difference in metaphor

Examples

In the 60th chapter of the complete biography of flying dragon written by Wu Yu in the Qing Dynasty: "Mr. Zhao has heard that he has a very noble appearance. He has all kinds of virtues and virtues. His talents are growing day by day, which is no less than those of Mr. Han."