(lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying); (fig.) wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous
trad. 驢唇不對馬嘴
Also written 驢唇不對馬嘴【lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ】
Characters in this word
6驴
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
variant of 驢|驴[lu:2]
- Pinyin
- lǘ
- Traditional
- 馿
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 8339 of 2500
唇
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
lip
- Pinyin
- chún
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 16765 of 2500
不
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
对
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
right; correct, towards; at; for, concerning; regarding, to treat (sb a certain way), to face, (bound form) opposite; facing; matching, to match together; to adjust, to fit; to suit, to answer; to reply, to add; to pour in (a fluid), to check; to compare, classifier: couple; pair
- Pinyin
- duì
- Traditional
- 對
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 35 of 2500
马
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
嘴
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
mouth, beak, nozzle, spout (of teapot etc), CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- zuǐ
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 1664 of 2500