No different from/no more than/as good as: (이)나 다름 없다

N + (이)나 다름 없다 is used to show that one noun is virtually the same as another:

가장 친한 친구는 형제나 다름 없어요.

My best friend is like a brother to me.

싱가포로에서 이사할 때부터 저축한 모든 돈은 없는 것나 다름 없어요.

Since I moved to Singapore, all my savings have virtually gone.

새 투 룸은 정말 답답해서 원룸이나 다름 없어요.

My new two room apartment is really cramped so it’s no different from a one room apartment.

한국에 오기 전에 제가 한국패션은 일본패션이나 다름 없다고 생각했어요.

Before coming to Korea I thought that Korean fashion was no different from Japanese fashion.

저의 만든 죽 맛은 대형마트에서 산 죽 맛이나 다름 없어요.

My homemade soup tastes no different from the soup bought from the supermarket.

몇몇 K밥 노래는 1990년대에 만든 미국 R&B노래나 다름 없어요.

Some K-Pop songs sound no different from American R&B made in the 1990s.

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