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两回事

liǎng huí shì

3-character word Traditional 兩回事

What 两回事 means

1. two quite different things
2. two unrelated matters

The characters in 两回事

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 知道和行动是两回事。
  Zhīdào hé xíngdòng shì liǎnghuíshì.
  Knowing and doing are two different things.
• 成瘾和过度是两回事。
  Getting addicted to something and having too much of something are two different things.