| 话不投机半句多 |
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō |
(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion |
| 话 |
huà |
dialect / language / spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said / CL:种,席,句,口,番 |
| 话 |
huà |
old variant of 话 |
| 话不投机 |
huà bù tóu jī |
(idiom) not on the same wavelength; unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see eye to eye |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 投 |
tóu |
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 |
| 投机 |
tóu jī |
congenial; agreeable / to speculate; to profiteer |
| 机 |
Jī |
surname Ji |
| 机 |
jī |
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic |
| 半 |
bàn |
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 句 |
gōu |
variant of 勾 |
| 句 |
jù |
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse |
| 多 |
duō |
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- |