c'est du chinois

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French

Pronunciation

Phrase

c’est du chinois

  1. it's all Greek to me (literally "it's Chinese"), a phrase indicating that something is impossible to understand.
    • 1961, Serge Gainsbourg - Les femmes c'est du chinois
      Les femmes c'est du chinois / Le comprenez-vous ? Moi pas. - Women are all Greek to me / Do you understand? Not I.

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