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两码事

liǎng mǎ shì

3-character word Traditional 兩碼事

What 两码事 means

1. two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things

The characters in 两码事

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 码mǎ(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 说和做是两码事。
  Shuō hé zuò shì liǎngmǎshì.
  Saying is quite different from doing.
• 阴阳人与跨性别是两码事。
  Intersex and trans are two different things.
• 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。
  Wèi xiǎngshòu hé shēngmìng jīhuó ér dúshū, hé wèi zhīshi hé jiàohuà ér dúshū, shì liǎngmǎshì.
  There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.