lit. chicken speaking with duck; fig. talking without communicating; people not understanding each other
trad. 雞同鴨講
Also written 雞同鴨講【jī tóng yā jiǎng】
Characters in this word
4鸡
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fowl, chicken, CL:隻|只[zhi1], (slang) prostitute
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 雞
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2753 of 2500
同
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like, same, similar, together, alike, with
- Pinyin
- tóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1548 of 2500
鸭
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duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]), (slang) male prostitute
- Pinyin
- yā
- Traditional
- 鴨
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 11394 of 2500
讲
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to speak, to explain, to negotiate, to emphasize, to be particular about, as far as sth is concerned, speech, lecture
- Pinyin
- jiǎng
- Traditional
- 講
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 555 of 2500