不可同年而語

Chinese

		cannot; should not; must not	to mention things on equal terms
trad. (不可同年而語)		不可	同年而語
simp. (不可同年而语)		不可	同年而语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùkě tóngnián'éryǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùkě tóngnián'éryǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùkě tóngnián-éryǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-kʻo³ tʻung²-nien²-êrh²-yü³
    • Yale: bù-kě túng-nyán-ér-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bukee torngnianerlyeu
    • Palladius: букэ тунняньэрюй (bukɛ tunnjanʹerjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

不可同年而語

1. incomparable; too different to compare; cannot be mentioned in the same breath; there is no comparison between them

   Synonym: 不可同日而語／不可同日而语 (bùkě tóngrì'éryǔ)