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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 隔行如隔山

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
隔行如隔山 gé háng rú gé shān - different trades, worlds apart (idiom); to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 77,370 51,572

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to separate
- to partition
- to stand or lie between
- at a distance from
- after or at an interval of
háng- (bound form) row; line
- (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
- (bound form) commercial firm
- (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- classifier for rows or lines
héng- used in 道行[dao4heng2]
xíng- (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
- (literary) trip; journey; visit
- (bound form) temporary; makeshift
- (bound form) current; in circulation
- (bound form) to do; to perform
- capable; competent
- all right; OK!; will do
- behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4])
- (literary) about to; soon
- as
- as if
- such as
- to separate
- to partition
- to stand or lie between
- at a distance from
- after or at an interval of
shān- surname Shan
shān- mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])
- (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

Other Words Containing 隔行如隔山

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo