八竿子打不着

• 八(eight (pictographic, two strokes separating))ASSOCIATIVE

Two strokes separated apart like two objects dividing represent the number eight.

• 子(child (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character 子 depicts a newborn child with a large head and arms outstretched.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 丁(nail; craftsman)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to drive a nail is the action of hitting or striking something hard.

• 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

• 羊(goat (upper part variant))ASSOCIATIVE
• 目(eye)RADICAL

A goat's eye gazes intently, picturing how something clings tightly and sticks to whatever it focuses on.