驢脣不對馬嘴

Chinese
donkey lip
 
wrong; incorrect; amiss; abnormal
 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

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǘchún bùduì mǎzuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: lǘchún bùduì mǎzuǐ [Phonetic: lǘchúnbúduìmázuǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuchwen buduey maatzoei
      • IPA (key): /ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

驢脣不對馬嘴

  1. a donkey's lips cannot match a horse's mouth; the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole

Synonyms
  • 驢頭不對馬嘴／驴头不对马嘴
  • 牛頭不對馬嘴／牛头不对马嘴
  • (Cantonese) 牛頭唔搭馬嘴／牛头唔搭马嘴
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