截然不同

jié rán bù tóng

entirely different; worlds apart

Character by character

截jié
cut off

然rán
-ly

不bù
not

同tóng
same

兄弟俩的性格截然不同。

The two brothers have completely different characters.

Tone: neutral.

Learn this in Lesson 2 · HSK 5: 南方与北方 (North and south)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.