八杆子打不着

Traditional form:

八杆子打不著

Pinyin (reading):

bāgānzidǎbùzháo

Definitions:

• variant of 八竿子打不著／八竿子打不着 (bāgānzidǎbùzháo)

Characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 杆 - cane, pole, stick
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 着 - to make a move, to take action

Traditional characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 杆 - cane, pole, stick
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 著 - to show, to prove, to make known