不著邊際 bù zhuó biān jì

DEFINITIONS

  1. not to the point
  2. wide of the mark
  3. neither here nor there
  4. irrelevant

CHARACTERS

不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
著 zhuó manifest; (Cant.) to wear
邊 biān edge, margin, side, border
際 jì border, boundary, juncture