八棍子撂不着
bā​gùn​zi​liào​bù​zháo

completely unrelated

  • created sense approved 八棍子撂不着/八棍子撂不著 · bā​gùn​zi​liào​bù​zháo · completely unrelated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    八棍子撂不着 / 八棍子撂不著

    bā​gùn​zi​liào​bù​zháo

    completely unrelated

    to have absolutely nothing to do with; to be totally irrelevant or unrelated to something or someone; literally, cannot be reached even with an eight-foot pole

    八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 棍子 (literal) → 棍子 · gùn​zi · stick 撂 (literal) → 撂 · liào · to knock down 不着 (literal) → 不着/不著 · bù​zháo · unsuccessful

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

    created sense