very different; wide apart
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesadjective
very different; widely divergent
literaryThis word is almost exclusively used in the idioms 大有径庭 (dà yǒu jìngtíng) or 大相径庭 (dà xiāng jìngtíng). It rarely stands alone. The original reading of the second character was tìng (旧读 jìngtìng).
Zhè这
liǎng两
zhǒng种
lǐ理
lùn论
dà大
xiāng相
jìng径
tíng庭
，
wú无
fǎ法
tiáo调
hé和
。
These two theories are poles apart and cannot be reconciled.
Tā他
men们
de的
shuō说
fǎ法
yǔ与
shì事
shí实
dà大
yǒu有
jìng径
tíng庭
。
Their statements are very different from the facts.
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Tā他
zuì最
zhōng终
de的
huà画
zuò作
yǔ与
zuì最
chū初
de的
cǎo草
gǎo稿
dà大
xiāng相
jìng径
tíng庭
。
His final painting is radically different from the initial sketch.
Lǐ理
xiǎng想
yǔ与
xiàn现
shí实
zhī之
jiān间
cháng常
yǒu有
jìng径
tíng庭
zhī之
gé隔
。
There is often a wide gap between ideal and reality.