驢脣不對馬嘴

See also: 驴唇不对马嘴 and 驢唇不對馬嘴

Chinese

		donkey	lip	wrong; incorrect; amiss wrong; incorrect; amiss; abnormal; unusual	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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǘchún bùduì mǎzuǐ [Phonetic: lǘchúnbúduìmázuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˊ ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyúchún bùduèi mǎzuěi
    • Wade–Giles: lü²-chʻun² pu⁴-tui⁴ ma³-tsui³
    • Yale: lyú-chwún bù-dwèi mǎ-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuchwen buduey maatzoei
    • Palladius: люйчунь будуй мацзуй (ljujčunʹ buduj maczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 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 (niútóubùduìmǎzuǐ)
• (Cantonese) 牛頭唔搭馬嘴／牛头唔搭马嘴