对牛弹琴

duì niú tán qín

คำจำกัดความ

1. lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
2. fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
3. to cast pearls before swine
4. caviar to the general
5. to preach to deaf ears
6. to talk over sb's head

คำย่อยของ 对牛弹琴

• 对 duì: right; correct
• 弹 dàn: crossball
• 弹 tán: to flick
• 牛 niú: ox
• 琴 qín: guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)
• 弹琴 tán qín: to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument