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話不投機

简话不投机 · 繁話不投機

Mandarin · pinyin huà bù tóu jī

(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
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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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