答非所问 (dá fēi suǒ wèn) — (idiom) to give an irrelevant answer; to answer beside the point

Definizione

Esempi

• 我问你几点开会，你却回答天气不错，真是答非所问。
  Wǒ wèn nǐ jǐ diǎn kāi huì, nǐ què huí dá tiān qì bú cuò, zhēn shì dá fēi suǒ wèn.
  I asked you what time the meeting starts, but you answered that the weather is nice — that's really an irrelevant answer.
• 他答非所问的回答让老师很不满意。
  Tā dá fēi suǒ wèn de huí dá ràng lǎo shī hěn bù mǎn yì.
  His irrelevant answer made the teacher very dissatisfied.
• 在面试中答非所问会给面试官留下坏印象。
  Zài miàn shì zhōng dá fēi suǒ wèn huì gěi miàn shì guān liú xià huài yìn xiàng.
  Giving an irrelevant answer during an interview will leave a bad impression on the interviewer.