驢脣不對馬嘴

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See also: 驴唇不对马嘴 and 驢唇不對馬嘴

Chinese

donkey lip not; no
couple; pair; to be opposite
couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right
 
 horse; surname mouth
trad. (驢脣不對馬嘴/驢唇不對馬嘴) 驢 脣/唇 不 對 馬 嘴
simp. (驴唇不对马嘴) 驴 唇 不 对 马 嘴
Literally: “a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

驢脣不對馬嘴

  1. the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole; to be beside the point

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 驢脣不對馬嘴 (“to be irrelevant or incongruous”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 牛頭不對馬嘴
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 驢脣不對馬嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 六不答對
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔挐更
Hong Kong 牛頭唔搭馬嘴, 唔挐更
Hakka Meixian 牛頭唔對馬嘴, 話三唔話兩, 唔對路
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 豬哥搭狗𡳞
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 豬哥搭狗𡳞
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 豬哥搭狗𡳞
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 豬哥搭狗𡳞
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 豬哥搭狗𡳞
Southern Min Shantou 牛頭唔對馬喙
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