牛頭不對馬嘴
Chinese
ox; cow; bull | head; (noun suffix) | 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 sth); right | horse; surname | mouth | ||
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trad. (牛頭不對馬嘴) | 牛 | 頭 | 不 | 對 | 馬 | 嘴 | |
simp. (牛头不对马嘴) | 牛 | 头 | 不 | 对 | 马 | 嘴 |
Pronunciation
Idiom
牛頭不對馬嘴
- 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”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴 | |
Mandarin | Luoyang | 驢脣不對馬嘴 |
Yangzhou | 六不答對 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 牛頭唔搭馬嘴 |
Hakka | Meixian | 話三唔話兩 |