雞同鴨講
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Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. | 鸡同鸭讲 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 雞同鴨講 | |
Etymology [edit]
Literally: a chicken talking to a duck
Idiom [edit]
雞同鴨講 (traditional, Pinyin jī tóng yā jiǎng, simplified 鸡同鸭讲)
- mutually unintelligible; unable to understand one another
- [we/they] [are/were] talking about two different things; [we/they] [are/were] getting [our/their] wires crossed
- to talk past each other
