答非所问
Traditional form:
答非所問
Pinyin (reading):
dáfēisuǒwèn
Definitions:
- (idiom) to sidestep the question
- to answer evasively
Characters:
- 答 - answer, reply; to return; to assent to
- 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose
- 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
- 问 - to ask about, to inquire after
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