隔行如隔山

gé háng rú gé shān

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1. different trades, worlds apart (idiom); to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book

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Child Words of 隔行如隔山

• 如 如 rú: as
• 山 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 行 行 háng: row
• 行 行 xíng: to walk
• 隔 隔 gé: to separate
• 隔山 隔山 gé shān: half-sibling relationship
• 隔行 隔行 gé háng: to interlace