离题万里 — “To wander far off the subject”
离题万里 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to wander far off the subject”. To be completely irrelevant to the main topic. Literally, “Depart from the topic by ten thousand li”.
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离题万里 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 离lí
- 题tí
- 万wàn
- 里lǐ
离题万里 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 离题万里
他的发言完全离题万里，大家听了半天也不知道他到底想表达什么。
His speech completely wandered off the subject; after listening for a long time, no one knew what he was trying to express.
Origin and Story of 离题万里
Once upon a time, there was a conceited scholar who was jokingly called 'Doctor'. One day, he went to the market and bought a donkey.
According to the custom of the time, the buyer needed to write a contract for the seller. The scholar spread out a piece of white paper and began to write voluminously, filling three whole pages with superfluous words completely unrelated to the donkey.
The donkey seller grew impatient and urged him to hurry. The scholar, however, calmly replied that there was no rush, as he hadn't even written the character for 'donkey' yet.
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Antonyms of 离题万里
More idioms starting with 离
- lí离shì世yì异sú俗transcend worldly conventions
- lí离shì世jué绝sú俗detached from worldly affairs
- lí离shì世dùn遁shàng上withdraw from worldly affairs and power
- lí离xiāng乡bié别jǐng井leave one's hometown to live elsewhere
- lí离xiāng乡bié别tǔ土leave one's native land
- lí离xiāng乡bèi背jǐng井leave one's hometown to live elsewhere
- lí离xiāng乡bèi背tǔ土leave one's hometown
- lí离hé合bēi悲huān欢parting, reunion, sorrow, and joy
- lí离qí奇gǔ古guài怪extremely strange and bizarre
- lí离lóu娄zhī之míng明superb vision
- lí离shān山diào调hǔ虎lure opponent from stronghold
- lí离xián弦zǒu走bǎn板deviate from accepted standards
Questions about 离题万里
- What does 离题万里 mean?
- 离题万里 (lí tí wàn lǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to wander far off the subject”.
- How do you pronounce 离题万里?
- 离题万里 is pronounced lí tí wàn lǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 离题万里 literally mean?
- Literally, 离题万里 means “Depart from the topic by ten thousand li”. It is used to mean “to wander far off the subject”.
- Where does 离题万里 come from?
- 离题万里 comes from a classical Chinese story dating back to modern Chinese. The full story is on this page.
- What is the Chinese definition of 离题万里?
- 形容写文章或说话同要讲得主题距离很远，毫不相干。