答非所问 — Chinese idiom
答非所问
dá fēi suǒ wèn
Traditional: 答非所問
Meaning
- to sidestep the question
- to answer evasively
Character by character
- 答dáanswer, reply; to return; to assent to
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introduc
- 问wènto ask about, to inquire after
Idioms sharing a character
- 对答如流 duì dá rú liú
- 今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ
- 似是而非 sì shì ér fēi
- 似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào
- 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi
- 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
- 想入非非 xiǎng rù fēi fēi
- 挑拨是非 tiǎo bō shì fēi
- 搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi
- 文过饰非 wén guò shì fēi
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