同日而語

Chinese

the same day
 
and; as well as; but (not)
and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (同日而語) 同日 而 語
simp. (同日而语) 同日 而 语
Literally: “to speak of two things on the same day”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 同 日 而 語
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 日 (38) 日 (38) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 東 (1) 眞 (48) 之 (19) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) I III III III
Fanqie 徒紅切 人質切 如之切 魚巨切
Baxter duwng nyit nyi ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/duŋ/ /ȵiɪt̚/ /ȵɨ/ /ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/duŋ/ /ȵit̚/ /ȵɨ/ /ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/duŋ/ /ȵʑjet̚/ /ȵʑie/ /ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəwŋ/ /ȵit̚/ /ȵɨ/ /ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/duŋ/ /ȵiĕt̚/ /ȵiə/ /ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li
/duŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕt̚/ /ȵʑĭə/ /ŋĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱuŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/ /ȵʑi/ /ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóng rì ér yǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tung4 jat6 ji4 jyu5

Idiom

同日而語

  1. to mention things on equal terms

Usage notes

Usually used with a negation.

Synonyms

Derived terms

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