不按牌理出牌
bù'àn​pái​lǐ​chū​pái

to be unconventional

  • created sense approved 不按牌理出牌 · bù'àn​pái​lǐ​chū​pái · to be unconventional — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不按牌理出牌

    bù'àn​pái​lǐ​chū​pái

    to be unconventional

    to not play by the rules; to do things in an unconventional or unpredictable way

    bú'àn​pái​lǐ​chū​pái

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 按 (literal) → 按 · àn · according to 牌 (literal) → 牌 · pái · cards 理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to go out 牌 (literal) → 牌 · pái · cards

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense