八桿子打不著
bā​gān​zi​dǎ​bù​zháo

completely unrelated

  • created sense approved 八杆子打不著/八桿子打不著 · bā​gān​zi​dǎ​bù​zháo · completely unrelated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    八杆子打不著 / 八桿子打不著

    bā​gān​zi​dǎ​bù​zháo

    completely unrelated

    (variant form) to be totally unconnected or unrelated; literally, to be unable to reach something even with a very long pole

    八 (literal) → 八 · bā · many 杆子 (literal) → 杆子/桿子 · gǎn​zi · pole; shaft 打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 著 (literal) → 着/著 · zhuó · to wear

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

    created sense