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不是一码事

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1
可以说不是一码事
2
从来就不是一码事
3
绝对不是一码事
4
真的不是一码事
5
两者不是一码事

Definition

不是一码事:

Literally means:

it's not the same thing

Actually means:

It means that two things are different. It is often used to tell the difference between the two things.

不是同一件事情。多用于区分两件不同的事物。

Example

Used as predicate. (作谓语)
1
Wénhuà
文化
wénmíng
文明
suīrán
虽然
kàn
lai
起来
xiāngjìn
相近
  
,
dàn
què
shi
shì
一码事
xiē
rén
suīrán
虽然
hěn
yǒu
wénhuà
文化
  
,
dànshì
但是
suí
随地
tán
吐痰
  
,
luàn
rēng
垃圾
  
,
diǎn
dōu
wénmíng
文明
  

Although "culture" and "civilization" look similar, but it is not the same thing although some people are very cultural, but spitting, littering, not civilized at all.

2
Jīnqián
金钱
xìng
幸福
shi
shì
一码事
  
,
jīnqián
金钱
suīrán
虽然
可以
dàilái
带来
hěnduō
很多
dōng
东西
  
,
dànshì
但是
xìng
幸福
shi
yǒu
le
qián
jiù
可以
mǎi
dào
de
  

Money and happiness are not the same thing, although money can bring a lot of things, but happiness is not with money can be bought.

3
Yǒu
bàodào
报道
shuō
  
,
mǒu
kǎoxué
考古学
jiā
zài
mǒu
某地
xiàn
发现
le
kǒnglóng
恐龙
huàshí
化石
  
Ránér
然而
zhèzhǒng
这种
shuō
说法
shì
zhèngquè
正确
de
  
,
yīnwèi
因为
kǎoxué
考古学
shēngxué
古生物学
wánquán
完全
shi
shì
一码事
  

There are reports that an archaeologist has found dinosaur fossils somewhere. This is incorrect, however, because archaeology and palaeontology are not the same thing at all.