talked different dialects
The Chinese idiom, n á nqi ā NGB ě IDI à o, originally refers to the North-South tone of opera. Now it describes that the accent is impure and mixed with dialect. From "eaves exposed miscellany".
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: correct and round
The origin of Idioms
Zhao Yi's "eaves exposed miscellany" Volume I: "every dozens of steps between a stage, South tone, North tune, ready for the music of the Quartet."
Idiom usage
The speaker is not suitable to be a commentator.
talked different dialects
express the subtlety tactfully and finely - qū jìn qí miào