话不投机半句多 huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

no point talking when you don’t get along

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
话 huà HSK 1
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)
机 jī HSK 1
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