Entry
对duì牛niú弹tán琴qín

  1. 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

    trad. 對牛彈琴

Also written 對牛彈琴【duì niú tán qín】

Characters in this word

4
对
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

right; correct, towards; at; for, concerning; regarding, to treat (sb a certain way), to face, (bound form) opposite; facing; matching, to match together; to adjust, to fit; to suit, to answer; to reply, to add; to pour in (a fluid), to check; to compare, classifier: couple; pair

Pinyin
duì
Traditional
對
Strokes
5
Frequency
35 of 2500
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