两码事 meaning in English
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
Traditional 兩碼事23 strokes
Meaning of 两码事
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
liǎngmǎshì
- two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
两码事 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
说和做是两码事。
Saying is quite different from doing.
为享受和生命激活而读书，和为知识和教化而读书，是两码事。
There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.
阴阳人与跨性别是两码事。
Intersex and trans are two different things.
Stroke order for each character
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两 liǎng · two · 7 strokes
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码 mǎ · agate · 8 strokes
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事 shì · matter · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 两码事.
| 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 |
| 事实 | shìshí | fact |
| 事实上 | shìshíshang | in fact; in reality |
| 事件 | shìjiàn | incident; event |
| 事业 | shìyè | undertaking; project |
| 事故 | shìgù | accident |
| 本事 | běnshi | source material; original story |
| 从事 | cóngshì | to go for; to engage in |
Questions about 两码事
What does 两码事 mean?
两码事 (liǎngmǎshì) means "two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things".
How do you write 两码事?
两码事 is made of 3 characters: 两 (7 strokes), 码 (8 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
How is 两码事 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 两码事 is written 兩碼事.