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    3. 雲泥の差

    雲泥の差

    雲うん泥でいの​差さ

    wide difference

    KMT10News #42+1Ref L2NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab31 strokes

    雲泥之差

    うんでいのさ

    Noun

    1.
    wide difference, a world of difference
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 31

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれと私わたしでは実じつ力りょくに雲うん泥でいの差さがあります。

    There's a world of difference in ability between him and me.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    経けい験けん者しゃと未み経けい験けん者しゃでは、仕しごとこうり事つにうんでいの効さが率でに雲 泥 の差 が出 ます。

    There's a world of difference in work efficiency between experienced and inexperienced people.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    彼かれの作さく品ひんと私わたしの作さく品ひんでは、技ぎ術じゅつと表ひょう現げん力りょくにおいて雲うん泥でいの差さがあると感ふかくかんじた。

    I deeply felt there was a world of difference in technique and expressiveness between his work and mine.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design
    努ど力りょくの有う無むが、結けっ果かに雲うん泥でいの差さをもたらすことがあります。

    The presence or absence of effort can sometimes make a world of difference in the outcome.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    昔むかしと今いまでは、生せい活かつの豊ゆたかさに雲うん泥でいの差さがあります。

    There's a world of difference in the richness of life between the past and now.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    雲
    くも・-ぐも…(4)
    cloud
    Kanji
    泥
    どろ・なず.む…(5)
    mud・mire・adhere to・be attached to
    Kanji
    差
    さ.す・さ.し…(1)
    distinction・difference・variation・discrepancy・margin…(1)
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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