答非所问

Traditional: 答非所問

dá fēi suǒ wèn

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to sidestep the question

What does 答非所问 mean?

答非所问 (dá fēi suǒ wèn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to sidestep the question

2to answer evasively

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答dābound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc 非Fēiabbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa 所suǒactually · place 问wènto ask; to inquire

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答非所问

dá fēi suǒ wèn

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