话不投机半句多 (話不投機半句多)
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō
Pinyin

Definition

话不投机半句多 (話不投機半句多)
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huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō
  1. when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
多
duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 often
  4. 4 a lot of
  5. 5 numerous
  6. 6 more
  7. 7 in excess
  8. 8 how (to what extent)
  9. 9 multi-
  10. 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
投票
tóu piào
  1. 1 to vote
  2. 2 vote
一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

你知道我特别注重精神层面的匹配，现代人都特肤浅，只看物质看外表。和那样的人话不投机半句多，不聊也罢。
nǐ zhīdào wǒ tèbié zhùzhòng jīngshén céngmiàn de pǐpèi ，xiàndài rén dōu tè fūqiǎn ，zhī kàn wùzhì kàn wàibiǎo 。hé nàyàng de rén huà bù tóujībànjùduō ，bù liáo yě bà 。
You know how much weight I put on finding a soulmate. Nowadays people are so superficial, they only care about material things and appearance. I can never stand talking to someone like that, better to save my breath.
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