a square bottom with a round cover -- incompatible

a square bottom with a round cover -- incompatible

Fangdi yuangai is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is f ā n ɡ D ǐ Yu á n ɡ I, which means that things do not match. From Yan's family precepts brothers.

The origin of Idioms

In Yan Zhitui's family precepts brothers in the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is said that "it is not appropriate to use the sparsely and sparsely people to measure the kindness of their relatives and relatives, but to use the square bottom and round cover."

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive

Discrimination of words

The synonym "square peg and round chisel" is seldom used