雲うん泥でい万ばん里り

noun

poles apart; worlds apart; vast difference

A yojijukugo emphasizing an extreme difference, like that between clouds and mud, or a distance of ten thousand miles. Used in formal or literary contexts.

• 彼かれの考かんがえ方かたと私わたしの考かんがえ方かたは雲うん泥でい万ばん里りの差さがある。

  There is a world of difference between his way of thinking and mine.

• 両りょう者しゃの実じつ力りょくは雲うん泥でい万ばん里りだ。

  Their abilities are poles apart.