两回事 meaning in English
two quite different things; two unrelated matters
Traditional 兩回事21 strokes
Meaning of 两回事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
liǎnghuíshì
- two quite different things
- two unrelated matters
两回事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
知道和行动是两回事。
Knowing and doing are two different things.
管理一间公司和拥有一间公司是不能相提并论的两回事。
Management of a company is different from ownership of a company.
成瘾和过度是两回事。
Getting addicted to something and having too much of something are two different things.
Stroke order for each character
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两 liǎng · two · 7 strokes
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回 huí · to go back · 6 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 两回事.
| 回来 | huílái | to return; to come back |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 回去 | huíqù | to return; to go back |
| 回到 | huídào | to return to |
| 回答 | huídá | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 没事儿 | méishìr | to have spare time; free from work |
| 事情 | shìqing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 故事 | gùshi | old practice |
| 好事 | hǎoshì | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity |
| 同事 | tóngshì | colleague; co-worker |
| 回国 | huí guó | to return to one's home country |
| 事实 | shìshí | fact |
Questions about 两回事
What does 两回事 mean?
两回事 (liǎnghuíshì) means "two quite different things; two unrelated matters".
How do you write 两回事?
两回事 is made of 3 characters: 两 (7 strokes), 回 (6 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.
How is 两回事 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 两回事 is written 兩回事.