对牛弹琴
Traditional form:
對牛彈琴
Pinyin (reading):
duìniútánqín
Definitions:
- lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
- fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
- to cast pearls before swine
- caviar to the general
- to preach to deaf ears
- to talk over sb's head
Characters:
- 对 - correct, right; facing, opposed
- 牛 - ox, cow, bull
- 弹 - bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
- 琴 - Chinese lute or guitar, string instrument
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