方枘圓鑿

方枘圆凿
fāngruìyuánzuò

incompatible; square peg in a round hole

Wiktionary

Homographs

方枘圓鑿 fāngruìyuánzáo
  1. lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom)
  2. fig. incompatible

Entry Composition

=1 方 Fāng surname Fang
=1 方 fāng
  1. square
  2. power or involution (math.)
  3. upright
  4. honest
  5. fair and square
  6. direction
  7. side
  8. party (to a contract, dispute etc)
  9. place
  10. method
  11. prescription (medicine)
  12. just when
  13. only or just
  14. classifier for square things
  15. abbr. for square or cubic meter
=1 方 fáng
  1. Pronunciation spelling of 慌 (huāng, “panicky”).
  2. Pronunciation spelling of 慌 (huāng, “to panic”).
  3. alternative form of 房
  4. alternative form of 防 (fáng)
  5. only used in 方良
  6. only used in 方輿／方舆 (Fángyù, “an ancient county in modern Shandong”)
  7. phon (unit of apparent loudness)
  8. to disobey
2 枘 ruì
  1. tenon
  2. tool handle
  3. wedge
3 圓 yuán
  1. circle
  2. round
  3. circular
  4. spherical
  5. (of the moon) full
  6. unit of Chinese currency (yuan)
  7. tactful
  8. to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
=4 鑿 záo
  1. (bound form) chisel
  2. to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig
  3. (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable
  4. also pr. zuò
=4 鑿 zú
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鏃 /镞 (“arrow”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to carve
  3. alternative form of 鏃 /镞 (“arrow”)
  4. to carve