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天南地北 (tin1 naam4 dei6 bak1) — far/poles apart; widely divergent; from different places in Cantonese

tinˉ¹天naamˎ₄南deiˍ₆地bakˉ¹北
Mandarin Pinyin: tian1 nan2 di4 bei3

Meaning of 天南地北

nounfar/poles apart; widely divergent; from different places

Characters in 天南地北

天tin1
/tin1/
南naam4
south; southern
地dei6
earth; land; soil; ground
北bak1
north; northern; northerly; northward

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