have no connection; be completely unrelated
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
be completely unrelated; have nothing to do with something
informalUsed to emphasize that two things or people are so distantly related or unrelated that there is no point in connecting them. It is a colloquial and vivid metaphor.
Tā他
shì是
wǒ我
bā八
gān竿
zi子
dǎ打
bù不
zháo着
de的
yuǎn远
fáng房
qīn亲
qi戚
，
hǎo好
duō多
nián年
dōu都
méi没
lián联
xì系
le了
。
He's a distant relative of mine that I'm completely unrelated to; I haven't contacted him for many years.
Nǐ你
shuō说
de的
zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
hé和
wǒ我
men们
tǎo讨
lùn论
de的
zhǔ主
tí题
bā八
gān竿
zi子
dǎ打
bù不
zháo着
。
What you're talking about has nothing to do with the topic we are discussing.
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Bié别
luàn乱
lián联
xiǎng想
，
zhè这
liǎng两
jiàn件
shì事
gēn根
běn本
bā八
gān竿
zi子
dǎ打
bù不
zháo着
。
Don't make random connections; these two things are completely unrelated.
Wǒ我
gēn跟
tā他
jiù就
shì是
pǔ普
tōng通
tóng同
xué学
，
bā八
gān竿
zi子
dǎ打
bù不
zháo着
de的
guān关
xì系
。
He and I are just ordinary classmates, with no real connection.