(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
trad. 話不投機半句多
Also written 話不投機半句多【huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō】
Characters in this word
7话
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dialect, language, spoken words, speech, talk, words, conversation, what sb said, CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- Pinyin
- huà
- Traditional
- 話
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 516 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
投
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to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc), to cast (a ballot), to cast (a glance, a shadow etc), to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine), to send (a letter, a manuscript etc), to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide), to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of, (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3391 of 2500
机
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surname Ji
- Pinyin
- Jī
- Traditional
- 機
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 4100 of 2500
半
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half, semi-, incomplete, (after a number) and a half
- Pinyin
- bàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2465 of 2500
句
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variant of 勾[gou1]
- Pinyin
- gōu
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9051 of 2500
多
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many; much; more; a lot of, too many; in excess, (after a numeral) ... odd, how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]), (bound form) multi-; poly-
- Pinyin
- duō
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 114 of 2500