yuán​záo​fāng​ruì

square peg in a round hole

  • created reference approved 圆凿方枘/圓鑿方枘 → 圜凿方枘/圜鑿方枘 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    圆凿方枘 / 圓鑿方枘 yuán​záo​fāng​ruì

    圜凿方枘 / 圜鑿方枘 yuán​záo​fāng​ruì

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 圆凿方枘/圓鑿方枘 → 方枘圆凿/方枘圓鑿 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    圆凿方枘 / 圓鑿方枘 yuán​záo​fāng​ruì

    方枘圆凿 / 方枘圓鑿 fāng​ruì​yuán​záo

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 圆凿方枘/圓鑿方枘 · yuán​záo​fāng​ruì · square peg in a round hole — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    圆凿方枘 / 圓鑿方枘

    yuán​záo​fāng​ruì

    square peg in a round hole

    a round socket and a square tenon do not fit together; used to describe people or things that are incompatible or at odds with one another

    yuán​zuò​fāng​ruì

    圆 (literal) → 圆/圓 · yuán · round 凿 (literal) → 凿/鑿 · záo · mortise 方 (literal) → 方 · fāng · square 枘 (literal) → 枘 · ruì · tenon

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

    created sense