bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo
Traditional: 八竿子打不著
八竿子打不着 (bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection”.
Meanings
- 1(coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection
Characters in 八竿子打不着
Related words
不no; not so着a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])着to touch着aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state着to wear (clothes)着variant of 著|着[zhao1]着variant of 著|着[zhao2]着variant of 著|着[zhe5]着variant of 著|着[zhuo2]孩子child打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")