Dictionary/两码事

两码事 兩碼事

liǎng mǎ shì

ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄕˋ
N
1two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things

Characters

两码事

Examples

shuō说hé和zuò做shì是liǎng mǎ shì两码事。
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.