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牛頭唔搭馬嘴
  ngau4 tau4 m4 daap3 maa5 zeoi2   jyutping
When someone says something, and another says something that has no relevance. Therefore, this inconsistency is used to describe something that makes no sense []: 牛頭不對馬嘴

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
牛頭唔搭馬嘴 / 牛头唔搭马嘴

This word has been viewed 1590 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 6th Jan 2007 18:47 and last edited on 2nd Jan 2010 04:51
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Characters in this word:

 ngau4  -  cow; ox; cattle
 tau4  -  head; first; chief
 m4  -  not; no
 daap3  -  put up; travel by
 maa5  -  horse
 zeoi2  -  mouth
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