驴唇不对马嘴
lǘ​chún​bù​duì​mǎ​zuǐ

incongruous

  • created reference approved 驴唇不对马嘴/驢唇不對馬嘴 → 答非所问/答非所問 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驴唇不对马嘴 / 驢唇不對馬嘴 lǘ​chún​bù​duì​mǎ​zuǐ

    答非所问 / 答非所問 dá​fēi​suǒ​wèn

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 驴唇不对马嘴/驢唇不對馬嘴 · lǘ​chún​bù​duì​mǎ​zuǐ · incongruous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驴唇不对马嘴 / 驢唇不對馬嘴

    lǘ​chún​bù​duì​mǎ​zuǐ

    incongruous

    literally meaning "a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth"; used to describe things that are completely irrelevant to each other, wide of the mark, or a reply that does not answer the question

    驢脣不對馬嘴

    驴 (literal) → 驴/驢 · lǘ · donkey 唇 (literal) → 唇 · chún · lip 不对 (literal) → 不对/不對 · bù​duì · unsuitable 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 嘴 (literal) → 嘴 · zuǐ · mouth

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

    created sense