答非所问
      Explanation: The question is not answered by the content.
      Usage: The main predicate; as predicate, adverbial; negative, suggesting the question is not answered content
      Source: Qing Wen Kang "Heroic Biography": "Master, is that he deflected the question and where the hit-way Messire heard: 'What is called the rare child?'"
      Examples: According to the order of a question and answer, there is no ~'s ills, even if exceptionally strong feelings. (Tao, "divide")
      Riddle: Reaction
  • Thesaurus:  That's beside the point., irrelevant to the subject, alien, Wrong of, abracadabra, shoot off one's face, Foreword Do not take their words, be beside the point; farfetched answer or reasoning, Incongruous, never talk about anything serious, to talk at random (often devoid of truth), Ghost Talk, babble, speak thoughtlessly or casually nonsense, nag; say over and over again; constantly repeat, babble, whine, fuss, talk about sth, often in a grumbling or argumentative way, mutter, complaint, sue; accuse, complain irritably, whine, bitch, mourn, deplore, sorrow, chat, gossip, meander, rapid talk, talk quickly or glibly, ramble, have a soft spot for sb., confess, chat, chat, sth, turn sb. round one's finger, yack, toot Burble Said a solemn feast, yammer, fable
  • Antonym Group:  tanzhu, tanli, write and bring out important points from a mass of facts as one who plucks a pearl from the black dragon, tanlizhu, come to business (=get down to business), gossip Hugh said,, gossip understate