对 對
牛 牛
弹 彈
琴 琴
- 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
Info
- Wiktionary: 对牛弹琴
- MDBG: 对牛弹琴
- Examples with 对牛弹琴 on Tatoeba
- Percentile: 32 (higher is more common)
- Tags: chengyu