驴唇马嘴

Traditional: 驢脣馬嘴

lǘ chún mǎ zuǐ

Dictionary entry

(lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom)

What does 驴唇马嘴 mean?

驴唇马嘴 (lǘ chún mǎ zuǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom)

2(fig.) wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous

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驴lǘvariant of 驢|驴[lu:2]唇chúnlip 马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]嘴zuǐmouth · beak

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驴唇马嘴

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