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驢唇不對馬嘴 (lou4 soen4 bat1 deoi3 maa5 zeoi2) — to offer an irrevelant answer to a question in Cantonese

louˎ₄驢soenˎ₄唇batˉ¹不deoi˗₃對maaˏ₅馬zeoiˊ²嘴
简 驴唇不对马嘴
Mandarin Pinyin: lu2 cun2 bu2 dui4 ma3 zui3

Meaning of 驢唇不對馬嘴

nounto offer an irrevelant answer to a question

Characters in 驢唇不對馬嘴

驢lou4
donkey; ass; Equus asinus, the domesticated animal of the horse family, Equidae
唇seon4
lip; lip-shaped thing; [adj] labial
不bat1
not; no; un-
對deoi3
to; towards; versus
馬maa5
Kangxi radical 187
嘴zeoi2
sth like a mouth e.g. spout, nozzle, beak, snout

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