huà​bù​tóu​jī

not on the same wavelength

  • created sense approved 话不投机/話不投機 · huà​bù​tóu​jī · not on the same wavelength — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    话不投机 / 話不投機

    huà​bù​tóu​jī

    not on the same wavelength

    (idiom) unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see eye to eye; to be at loggerheads with someone due to differing opinions

    话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 投机 (literal) → 投机/投機 · tóu​jī · congenial

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

    created sense