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不可同日而语 | Bùkě tóngrì ér yǔ

The two cannot be mentioned in the same breath

“不可同日而语” 的意思是不能放在同一个时间谈论, 用来比喻差别很大, 不能放在一起比较。例如: 通信技术进步太快了, 过去跟现在不可同日而语。

“不可同日而语”, literally “(two things) cannot be mentioned in the same breath”, is used metaphorically to mean that there is no comparison between two people or two things becaus of the significant difference. For instance, in terms of science and technology, there is no comparision between the past and the present.

Dali, Yunnan, China 2022

Weizhou Church, 2000 Weizhou Island, Guangxi, China. 中国 広西 北海市 涠洲岛 涠洲天主教堂 Photography by Michitaka Kurata

Crescent Lake, Dunhuang, Gansu China

©️ Feng Wei

Lingjing Hutong

Beijing, China 2023

Chinese wedding tiara

Wedding tiara adorned with a multitude of happiness and longevity signs mounted on tremblant. The lower element is of silver, and features two embossed dragons; from the upper part emerge the eight immortals and three phoenixes. A curtain of bead fringe hides the bride face. Long silk tassels on each side.

Posters from the People's Republic of China, Cultural Revolution Era.

Uyghur bread, Xinjiang China.