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驢脣不對馬嘴. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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donkey
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lip
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not; no
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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 sth); right |
horse; surname
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mouth
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| trad. (驢脣不對馬嘴/驢唇不對馬嘴)
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驢
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脣/唇
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不
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對
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馬
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嘴
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| simp. (驴唇不对马嘴)
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驴
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唇
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不
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对
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马
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嘴
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| Literally: “a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
驢脣不對馬嘴
- 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”)