话不投机半句多

huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

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Definitions

  1. 1. when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)

Child Words of 话不投机半句多

不
bù

no; not so

半
bàn

half

句
jù

sentence

多
duō

many; much

投
tóu

to cast

投机
tóu jī

to speculate (on financial markets)

话
huà

dialect

机
jī

(bound form) machine; mechanism

话不投机
huà bù tóu jī

the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)