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前言不對後語 (cin4 jin4 bat1 deoi3 hau6 jyu5) — talk incoherently; utter disconnected phrases in Cantonese

cinˎ₄前jinˎ₄言batˉ¹不deoi˗₃對hauˍ₆後jyuˏ₅語
简 前言不对后语
Mandarin Pinyin: qian2 yan2 bu2 dui4 hou4 yu3

Meaning of 前言不對後語

nountalk incoherently; utter disconnected phrases
nounone's whose words or stance differ on another occasion or sentence

Characters in 前言不對後語

前cin4
previous; former; preceding; past; of earlier times
言jin4
Kangxi radical 149
不bat1
not; no; un-
對deoi3
to; towards; versus
後hau6
a Chinese family name
語jyu5
sign; signal

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