雞同鴨講

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See also: 鸡同鸭讲

Chinese

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fowl; chicken
like; same; similar
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
 
duck
to talk; speech; to speak
to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain
 
trad. (雞同鴨講/鷄同鴨講) /
simp. (鸡同鸭讲)
Literally: “a chicken talking to a duck”.

Etymology

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Originally Cantonese.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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雞同鴨講

  1. mutually unintelligible; unable to understand one another; talking about two different things; getting one's wires crossed

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