涇渭分明

See also: 泾渭分明

Chinese

		name of a river	name of a river	clear; evident; plain clear; evident; plain; distinct; clearly; evidently; plainly; distinctly
trad. (涇渭分明)		涇	渭	分明
simp. (泾渭分明)		泾	渭	分明
Literally: “to be as different as the waters of the (muddy) Jing and the (limpid) Wei”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngwèifēnmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ wai⁶ fan¹ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngwèifēnmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingwèifenmíng
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-wei⁴-fên¹-ming²
    • Yale: jīng-wèi-fēn-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingweyfenming
    • Palladius: цзинвэйфэньмин (czinvɛjfɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ wai⁶ fan¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: gīng waih fān mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ wai⁶ fan¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ wei⁶ fen¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²² fɐn⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

涇渭分明

1. to be entirely different; to be completely distinct (right and wrong; good and bad)