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對牛彈琴
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CEDict 100318
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對
牛
彈
琴
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Traditional
對牛彈琴
Simplified
对牛弹琴
Pinyin
dui4 niu2 tan2 qin2
English
to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to a unappreciative audience
to cast pearls before swine
caviar to the general
to preach to deaf ears
to talk over sb's head
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