八竿子打不着

Traditional form:

八竿子打不著

Pinyin (reading):

bāgānzidǎbùzháo

Definitions:

• (coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection

Characters:

• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 竿 - bamboo pole; penis
• 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
• 竿 - bamboo pole; penis
• 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