八竿子打不着

八

bā

eight

竿

gān

pole

子

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

打

dǎ

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")

不

bù

no; not so

着

zháo

to touch