驢脣不對馬嘴

See also: 驴唇不对马嘴 and 驢唇不對馬嘴

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

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• 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 ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽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 edit
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