不可同日而語

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	to speak of two things on the same day; to mention things on equal terms
trad. (不可同日而語)		不可	同日而語
simp. (不可同日而语)		不可	同日而语
Literally: “musn't speak of two things on the same day”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùkě tóngrì'éryǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ho² tung⁴ jat⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùkě tóngrì'éryǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄖˋ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4kee tongrryhelryeu
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ ho² tung⁴ jat⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁵
  - Yale: bāt hó tùhng yaht yìh yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ ho² tung⁴ jat⁹ ji⁴ jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ ho² tung⁴ yed⁶ yi⁴ yu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ jɐt̚² jiː²¹ jyː¹³/

Idiom

不可同日而語

incomparable; too different to compare; cannot be mentioned in the same breath; there's no comparison between them

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