格格不入 gégé-búrù inharmonious
(idiom) inharmonious; incompatible
How to remember 格格不入: 格 form + 不 not + 入 enter = inharmonious.
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How it is used
- Idiom 'out of place, incompatible' - 和周围环境格格不入 (hé zhōuwéi huánjìng gégé búrù) totally at odds with one's surroundings.
- Describes something/someone that just doesn't fit or mesh with the rest.
- Vivid for social or aesthetic mismatch; the doubled 格格 conveys grating incompatibility.