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  <p>You might be used to thinking of <span class="hanzi">差不多</span> (<span class="pinyin">chàbùduō</span>) as a single word, and that's totally OK. But if you want to negate the whole idea of rough equivalency, then you need to think of it as a phrase and use <span class="hanzi">差很多</span> (<span class="pinyin">chà hěn duō</span>). Not surprisingly, it's a little less versatile than <span class="hanzi">差不多</span> (<span class="pinyin">chàbùduō</span>).</p>

  <h2>Contents</h2>

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    <li>Structure<br/></li>

    <li>Examples<br/></li>

    <li>See also<br/></li>

    <li>Sources and further reading<br/></li>

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      <li>Books<br/></li>
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  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

  <p>When <span class="hanzi">差不多</span> (<span class="pinyin">chàbùduō</span>) is a <a href="predicate" class="uri" title="wikilink">predicate</a>, it literally means "the difference is not much." The opposite, then, would be <span class="hanzi">差很多</span> (<span class="pinyin">chà hěn duō</span>), which literally means "the difference is very great." Less literally, if <span class="hanzi">差不多 </span> <span class="pinyin">chàbùduō</span>) means "<b>more or less the same</b>," then <span class="hanzi">差很多</span> (<span class="pinyin">chà hěn duō</span>) means "<b>not the same at all</b>" or "<b>very different.</b>"</p>

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      Subj. + <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">差很多</span>
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      A + <span class="hanzist">跟</span> / <span class="hanzist">和</span> + B + <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">差很多</span>
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  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">你们 两 个 人 要 的 价格 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Nǐmen liǎng gè rén yào de jiàgé chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> There is a big difference in price you two charge.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">公司 对 新 老 员工 的 要求 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Gōngsī duì xīn lǎo yuángōng de yāoqiú chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> There are huge differences in the company requirements for new employees and the old ones.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 两 件 衣服 看起来 差不多 ，但是 质量 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhè liǎng jiàn yīfu kànqǐlái chàbuduō, dànshì zhìliàng chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> These two pieces of clothing look pretty much the same, but their quality is very different.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 的 生活 习惯 跟 我 父母 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ de shēnghuó xíguàn gēn wǒ fùmǔ chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> My life habits are very different from my parents'.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 和 我 男朋友 的 年龄 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ hé wǒ nánpéngyou de niánlíng chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> There is a big difference between my age and my boyfriend's age.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">中国 文化 和 西方 文化 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhōngguó wénhuà hé xīfāngwénhuà chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> Chinese culture and western culture are quite different.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">员工 的 收入 跟 老板 的 收入 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Yuángōng de shōurù gēn wǒlǎobǎn de shōurù chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> There is a huge difference in income between the employees and the boss.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他们 是 双胞胎 兄弟 ，但是 两 个 人 的 性格 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Tāmen shì shuāngbāotāi xiōngdì, dànshì liǎng gè rén de xìnggé chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> They are twin brothers, but there is a big difference in personality between them.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">两个 老师 都 很 好 ，不过 教学 风格 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Liǎng gè lǎoshī dōu hěn hǎo, bùguò jiàoxué fēnggé chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> They are both great teachers, but their teaching styles are very different.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 两 个 词 的 意思 差不多，但是 用法 差 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhè liǎng gè cí de yìsi chàbùduō, dànshì yòngfǎ chà hěn duō.</span><br/><span> The meanings of these two words are basically the same, but their usages are very different.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="Expressing_&quot;almost&quot;_using_&quot;chadian_mei&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing "almost" using "chadian mei"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Expressing_&quot;almost&quot;_using_&quot;chadian&quot;" title="wikilink">Expressing "almost" using "chadian"</a></li>

    <li><a href="&quot;Nearly&quot;_with_&quot;jihu&quot;" title="wikilink">"Nearly" with "jihu"</a></li>
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  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语八百词（增订本）</span> (p. 111)</li>

    <li>Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 54-5)</li>

    <li>Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (p. 116)</li>
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  <h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>

  <ul>
    <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语词典（第5版）</span> (p. 145)</li>
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