话不投机半句多

Traditional: 話不投機半句多

huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

Dictionary entry

(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion

What does 话不投机半句多 mean?

话不投机半句多 (huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion

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话huàdialect · language 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) · to cast (a ballot)机Jīsurname Ji 半bànhalf · semi-句gōuvariant of 勾[gou1]多duōmany; much; more; a lot of · too many; in excess

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话不投机半句多

huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

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