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Zach

珍紛漢紛

珍糞漢糞

Readings

Kana: ちんぷんかんぷん、チンプンカンプン
Romaji: chinpunkanpun, chinpunkanpun
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Definition

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unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible; babble; gibberish; jargon; gobbledygook

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: チン、 めずら.しい、 たから
Meanings: rare, curious, strange
Readings: フン、 まぎ.れる、 -まぎ.れ、 まぎ.らす、 まぎ.らわす、 まぎ.らわしい
Meanings: distract, be mistaken for, go astray, divert
Reading: カン
Meanings: Sino-, China
Readings: フン、 くそ
Meanings: shit, feces, excrement

Example Sentences

(わたし)にはちんぷんかんぷんでした。
➥That was all Chinese to me.
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その理論(りろん)(わたし)にはちんぷんかんぷんだ。
➥The theory is too abstract for me.
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(かれ)演説(えんぜつ)最初(さいしょ)のところが(すこ)理解(りかい)できたが、(のこ)りはちんぷんかんぷんだった。
➥I could understand the first few sentences, but the rest of his speech was all Greek to me.
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これは(なに)のことかチンプンカンプンだ。
➥This makes no sense.
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アインシュタインの相対性理論(そうたいせいりろん)(わたし)にはちんぷんかんぷんだ。
➥Einstein's theory of relativity is Greek to me.
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あなたには(わざわい)前兆(ぜんちょう)である壁上(かべじょう)()きものが()めるかもしれないが、(わたし)にはちんぷんかんぷんだ。
➥You may be able to read the handwriting on the wall, but it is Greek to me.
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