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泾渭分明

Jīng Wèi fēn míng

4-character word Traditional 涇渭分明

What 泾渭分明 means

1. as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom)
2. to be entirely different

The characters in 泾渭分明

• 泾JīngJing River
• 渭Wèithe Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear