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牛頭不對馬嘴
  ngau4 tau4 bat1 deoi3 maa5 zeoi2   jyutping
  niu2 tou2 bu4 dui4 ma3 zui3   pinyin
irrelevant, incongruous, no sense (Lit. a cow's head doesn't match a horse's jaw) []: 牛頭唔搭馬嘴

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
牛頭不對馬嘴 / 牛头不对马嘴

This word has been viewed 1629 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 2nd Jan 2010 05:00 and last edited on 2nd Jan 2010 05:02
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Characters in this word:

 ngau4  -  cow; ox; cattle
 tau4  -  head; first; chief
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 deoi3  -  correct; answer; counter; face; opposite
 maa5  -  horse
 zeoi2  -  mouth
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