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答非所问

dá fēi suǒ wèn

4-character word Traditional 答非所問

What 答非所问 means

1. idiomto sidestep the question
2. to answer evasively

The characters in 答非所问

• 答dáto answer; to reply; to respond
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 问wènto ask; to inquire

Example sentences

• 你所答非所问。
  Nǐ suǒ dáfēisuǒwèn.
  You are not answering the question correctly.