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与众不同

yǔ zhòng bù tóng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 與眾不同

与众不同 (yǔ zhòng bù tóng) means "to stand out from the masses (idiom)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 与众不同 means

1. idiomto stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest

The characters in 与众不同

• 与yǔ(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with…
• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 同tónglike; same; similar

Example sentences

• 他总是与众不同。
  He was always different.
• 我没做什么与众不同的事。
  Wǒ méi zuò shénme yǔzhòngbùtóng de shì.
  I did nothing out of the ordinary.
• 汤姆有什么很与众不同的地方吗？
  Tāngmǔ yǒu shénme hěn yǔzhòngbùtóng de dìfang ma?
  What's so special about Tom?
• 汤姆有什幺很与众不同的地方吗？
  What's so special about Tom?
• 我以前总认为汤姆是有一些与众不同的。
  Wǒ yǐqián zǒng rènwéi Tāngmǔ shì yǒuyīxiē yǔzhòngbùtóng de.
  I always thought that Tom was a bit different.
• 旗袍因有与众不同的特点而在国际时尚界享有与日具增的名望。
  Qípáo yīn yǒu yǔzhòngbùtóng de tèdiǎn ér zài guójì shíshàng jiè xiǎngyǒu yǔrìjùzēng de míngwàng.
  With its distinctive Chinese features, the qipao enjoys growing popularity in the international world of high fashion.

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