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Let’s dive into the idiom 「答非所問」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

The answer is not what was asked.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dá fēi suǒ wèn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

daap3 fei1 so2 man6

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