異曲同工
いきょくどうこう
- different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes n yoji
Kanji
異
イ
こと • こと.なる • け
uncommon; different; queerness; strangeness; wonderful; curious; unusual
曲
キョク
ま.がる • ま.げる • くま
bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean
同
ドウ
おな.じ
same; agree; equal
工
コウ • ク • グ
craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48)
Synonyms
同工異曲
どうこういきょく
- equal workmanship but different style n yoji