格格不入

gégé-bùrù

idiom HSK 7-9 #17,020

Meanings

1 incompatible
2 out of place
3 unable to fit in

Characters

to block; to clash

Examples

他的想法和大家格格不入。

Tā de xiǎngfǎ hé dàjiā gégébùrù.

His ideas are incompatible with everyone else's.

她在新学校里觉得格格不入。

Tā zài xīn xuéxiào lǐ juéde gégébùrù.

She felt out of place at her new school.

Tips

memory

格格 mimics the sound of things clashing/blocking, and 不入 means "cannot enter" — things that keep bumping against each other and can't fit together.

Stroke Order

格 gé

不 bù

入 rù