Definition
搭界 is a separable verb (离合词) with two distinct uses. Literally it means 'to border on' or 'to be adjacent to' (used for geographic areas). Colloquially it means 'to have connections or dealings with someone' — almost always used in the negative (不搭界) to say 'have nothing to do with' or 'not involved'. When splitting, the object or negation goes between 搭 and 界, e.g. 不搭什么界 ('not really connected').
v.o.
to border onto be adjacent to (geographic)(colloquial, usually negative) to have connections or dealings withto be related to
Examples
- 搭界，。Zhè liǎng gè cūnzi dā jiè, zǒulù shí fēnzhōng jiù dào le.These two villages border each other; it's a ten-minute walk.
- 。Zhè jiàn shì gēn wǒ wánquán bù dā shénme jiè.This matter has absolutely nothing to do with me.
- ，搭界。Tāmen liǎ suīrán zhù de jìn, dàn cónglái bù dā jiè.Although the two of them live close by, they never have any dealings with each other.
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