对牛弹琴 (對牛彈琴) duì niú tánqín

  1. duì niú tánqín set phrase to play the lute to a cow; offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears
    Domain: Idiom 成语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '對牛彈琴')
  2. duì niú tán qín phrase to play the lute to a cow
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

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