差出去十万八千里
“they are so far apart.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就说这治安和治理 差一个字 可实际上呢
“There's only a small distance between security and governance. But actually,”
差出去十万八千里
“they are so far apart.”
对 我管治安 我就分个黑白
“Yes, I'm in charge of the security. I must separate the right from the wrong.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The phrase '十万八千里' (108,000 li) originates from the Buddhist pilgrimage tale 'Journey to the West', widely used in daily speech as a standard metaphor for vast discrepancy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
worlds apart; vastly different
A highly idiomatic hyperbole referring to Sun Wukong's somersault cloud distance to emphasize a huge gap or difference.