話不投機半句多 huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

DEFINITIONS

  1. when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)

CHARACTERS

話 huà speech, talk, language; dialect
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
投 tóu
HSK 5
throw, cast, fling, pitch; jump
機 jī machine; moment, chance
半 bàn
HSK 3
half
句 jù
HSK 3
sentence
多 duō
HSK 1
much, many; more than, over