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話不投機

简 话不投机 · 繁 話不投機
Mandarin · pinyin huà bù tóu jī

Meanings

  1. (idiom) not on the same wavelength; unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see eye to eye
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話
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
投
tóu · throw, cast, fling, pitch; jump
機
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话
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
机
jī · desk; machine; moment
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4–4–2–1 · hua4 bu4 tou2 ji1

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話不投機 · hua4 bu4 tou2 ji1
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 101,105
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Exact source record話不投機 话不投机 [hua4 bu4 tou2 ji1] /(idiom) not on the same wavelength; unable to have a congenial conversation; to not see eye to eye/