与众不同

• 병음: yǔ zhòng bù tóng
• 한자 분석: 与 = with; 众 = 三人 (three people — the crowd/masses); 不 = negation; 同 = 冂 + 一 (enclosure + one — same, identical)

뜻

남다른; 독특한

A four-character idiom that can be used positively (praising originality and distinctiveness) or neutrally (merely noting difference). Not inherently negative. Common in cultural criticism, personal descriptions, marketing, and aesthetic discourse. Contrasts with 随波逐流 (to go with the flow) and 人云亦云 (to parrot others).

예문

1. 她从小就有与众不同的观察力，总能在平常场景里发现独特的构图和色彩。
2. 这支学生团队的方案因深入挖掘场地记忆、准确回应社区需求而脱颖而出，理念与众不同。
3. 真正的创新者往往与众不同，他们不仅善于推理，还能看出旧框架的局限并提出新解释。

사용 가이드

맥락: aesthetics, personality, culture, design

어조: appreciative

올바른 표현

• 这部纪录片之所以受关注，是因为导演选择了与众不同的视角，拍普通居民在旧城改造中的选择。(This documentary drew attention because the director chose a distinctive angle, filming the choices ordinary residents made during old-city renovation.)
• 他在学术辩论中总能提出与众不同的反驳角度，因为他习惯跨学科阅读。(He always raises a distinctive angle of rebuttal in academic debates because he is used to cross-disciplinary reading.)

피해야 할 표현

• 这家餐厅的菜很与众不同 — not wrong, but 与众不同 is somewhat elevated for restaurant reviews; more natural choices are 很有特色 (has distinctive character), 很独特 (very unique), or 不一样 (different) in casual contexts

기원과 역사

与 (with) + 众 (the crowd/many — 三人 three people together) + 不 (not) + 同 (same — 冂enclosure + 一 one, all unified). Meaning: not the same as the masses.

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal