like a square tenon for a round mortise ---- at variance with each other(yuán záo fāng ruì)

like a square tenon for a round mortise ---- at variance with each other

Round chisel square peg, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Yu á NZ á of ā ngru ì, which means square tenon, round mortise, two inside do not fit; metaphor does not fit. From Jiubian.

Notes on Idioms

PEG: tenon; chisel: mortise.

The origin of Idioms

In Chu Ci Jiu Bian written by Qu Yuan in the Warring States period, it is said that "a round chisel is a square peg, and I firmly know that it is difficult to enter because of its discord."

Idiom usage

Combined; predicate; derogatory. Examples in Zhuge Liang's "Sixteen cheap strategies for governing the country" in the Three Kingdoms, Shu: "round chisels can't be square pegs, and lead knives can't be cut down." Gu Yanwu's book of letters with people in the Qing Dynasty (4): "how can we get a square peg instead of a round chisel when we discuss the past with the aid of the present?" Lu Changyuan's shangprime minister's book in Tang Dynasty: "can you get it if you want to help you

Chinese PinYin : yuán záo fāng ruì