話不投機半句多 huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

no common ground, talk is pointless

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
話 huà
speech; talk; conversation
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
投 tóu HSK 5
to send; to cast; to throw oneself (into the river etc)
機 jī
machine; engine; opportunity
半 bàn HSK 3
half; (after a number) and a half; semi-
句 jù HSK 3
sentence; phrase; clause
多 duō HSK 1
many; a lot of; numerous