gān
zi
zháo

idiom
common

Meaning of 八竿子打不着

八竿子打不着 means be completely unrelated; have nothing to do with something. Pronounced bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo.

  • be completely unrelated; have nothing to do with something

Definitions & Examples

shì
gān竿
zi
zháo
de
yuǎn
fáng
qīn
qi
 
hǎo
duō
nián
dōu
méi
lián
le
 

He's a distant relative of mine that I'm completely unrelated to; I haven't contacted him for many years.

shuō
de
zhè
jiàn
shì
men
tǎo
lùn
de
zhǔ
gān竿
zi
zháo
 

What you're talking about has nothing to do with the topic we are discussing.

Bié
luàn
lián
xiǎng
 
zhè
liǎng
jiàn
shì
gēn
běn
gān竿
zi
zháo
 

Don't make random connections; these two things are completely unrelated.

gēn
jiù
shì
tōng
tóng
xué
 
gān竿
zi
zháo
de
guān
 

He and I are just ordinary classmates, with no real connection.