话不投机半句多

huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō

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

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Child Words of 话不投机半句多

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 半 半 bàn: half
• 句 句 jù: sentence
• 多 多 duō: many; much
• 投 投 tóu: to cast
• 投机 投机 tóu jī: to speculate (on financial markets)
• 话 话 huà: dialect
• 机 机 jī: (bound form) machine; mechanism
• 话不投机 话不投机 huà bù tóu jī: the conversation is disagreeable (idiom)