驴唇马嘴 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth
• (fig.) wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous

Character by character

• 驴lǘdonkey, ass
• 唇chúnlips
• 马mǎhorse; surname
• 嘴zuǐmouth, lips

Idioms sharing a character

• 博士买驴 bó shì mǎi lǘ
• 卸磨杀驴 xiè mò shā lǘ
• 骑驴找马 qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ
• 骑驴找驴 qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ
• 黔驴技穷 Qián lǘ jì qióng
• 反唇相讥 fǎn chún xiāng jī
• 唇亡齿寒 chún wáng chǐ hán
• 唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn
• 唇齿相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī
• 搬唇递舌 bān chún dì shé

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