膝盖上钉掌,离蹄太远膝蓋上釘掌,離蹄太遠膝蓋上釘掌,離蹄太遠

nailing a horseshoe on the knee: too far from the hoof

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Said when someone's remarks are far off the topic being discussed. Humorous.
Wordplay: 蹄 (tí, hoof) is a pun on 题 (tí, topic), so 'far from the hoof' means 'off topic'.

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Simplified: 膝盖上钉掌,离蹄太远
Traditional (Taiwan): 膝蓋上釘掌,離蹄太遠
Pinyin: xīgài shàng dīng zhǎng,lí tí tài yuǎn
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄍㄞˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄥㄓㄤˇ,ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄧˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄩㄢˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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