驢脣不對馬嘴

Chinese
donkey lip not; no
 
couple; pair; to be opposite
couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
 horse; surname mouth
trad. (驢脣不對馬嘴/驢唇不對馬嘴) 驢 脣/唇 不 對 馬 嘴
simp. (驴唇不对马嘴) 驴 唇 不 对 马 嘴
Literally: “a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǘchún bù duì mǎzuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: lǘchún bù duì mǎzuǐ [Phonetic: lǘchúnbúduìmázuǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: lyúchún bù duèi mǎzuěi
      • Wade–Giles: lü2-chʻun2 pu4 tui4 ma3-tsui3
      • Yale: lyú-chwún bù dwèi mǎ-dzwěi
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuchwen bu duey maatzoei
      • Palladius: люйчунь бу дуй мацзуй (ljujčunʹ bu duj maczuj)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tweɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

驢脣不對馬嘴

  1. the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole; to be beside the point

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 驢脣不對馬嘴 (“to be irrelevant or incongruous”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 驢脣不對馬嘴, 驢頭不對馬嘴, 牛頭不對馬嘴
Mandarin Luoyang 驢脣不對馬嘴
Yangzhou 六不答對
Cantonese Hong Kong 牛頭唔搭馬嘴
Hakka Meixian 話三唔話兩
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