答非所問

答
答
非
非
所
所
问
問
(idiom) to sidestep the question / to answer evasively

Characters and words in 答非所問

答
da̅ = d + a1
bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc
答
dá = d + a2
to answer / to reply / to respond
答 = ⺮ + 合 : Mnemonic symbol: a hand held sonar.

Don Quixote uses some glue to glue a hand held sonar to a bamboo stick just inside the ashram's kitchen. Stupid thinks that the sonar is a camera and wants to shoot a selfie.
非
fe̅i = f + ei1
abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
非
fe̅i = f + ei1
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
非 = 三 + 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a negative film (photography).

Frankenstein's monster (f) made an effort to photograph the Eiffel Tower (ei1), but now his negative (非) is a big mess. In front of the tower he set up a camera on a Cartesian coordinate system (三) as a tripod, and he attached a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨) to the camera so that he can finely tune the angles. All was for naught as he now holds the messed up negative in his hands.
所
suǒ = su + o3
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[ge4]
所 = 戶 + 斤 : Susan Saint Bernard and her whole family are weight lifting in the place of the observatory. They are all together lifting one barbell.
问
問
wèn = w + (e)n4
to ask / to inquire
问 = 口 + 门 : Willy Walrus sees a mouthwatering mandarin hanging over a door in the floor of the encampment's bathroom. He asks himself: "is it a trap?"
问
問
wèn = w + (e)n4
to ask; to inquire

Words with 答非所問

答非所問 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 答非所問

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