工行、交行、建行周五发布年中业绩报告，同比净利润增速均超过9%。请看本报昨日的报道：

Three of China’s largest banks posted more than 9 percent first-half net profit growth Friday as bad loans fell in a sign that the lenders are recovering from the COVID-induced hit they took last year.

The results are a far cry from those of last year when the country’s top lenders reported their biggest profit falls in at least a decade at the end of the first half. They compare with a 4-5 percent rise in net profit reported by the three banks in the same period in 2019 before the pandemic hit.

报道中的far cry from就是“天壤之别”。例如：

Living in the heart of New York City is certainly a far cry from living in the rural countryside.

住在纽约市中心当然和住在乡间有天壤之别。