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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "CHEE" (as in "cheek") + "noh" (as in "note") + "mahn" (as in "mark") + "dah" (as in "dart") + "REEN" (as in "reed")/

Meaning

Completely incomprehensible, total gibberish. In Mexico and Spain, when something "está en chino mandarín" it makes zero sense to you, just like hearing Mandarin Chinese with no context. The maximum level of "I have no idea what you just said."

Examples

The explanation went completely over my head, I understood nothing.

What you sent me is total gibberish, explain it to me.

Regional synonyms

To lose everything at once: job, money, and home. In Argentina and Uruguay, "quedar en la calle" describes the worst economic fall, a total collapse that leaves someone with nothing. The phrase gained especially heavy weight during the 2001 Argentine financial crisis.