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对牛弹琴
對牛彈琴
duì niú tán qín
phr. play the lute to a cow (to have the wrong audience)
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
跟​小​孩​子​讲​高​深​的​哲​学​理​论​，简​直​就​是​对​牛​弹​琴​。
跟​小​孩​子​講​高​深​的​哲​學​理​論​，簡​直​就​是​對​牛​彈​琴​。
gēn xiǎo hái zi jiǎng gāo shēn de zhé xué lǐ lùn, jiǎn zhí jiù shì duì niú tán qín .
phr. Talking about profound philosophical theories to young children is simply like playing the lute to a cow — you are delivering the topic to the wrong audience.
跟​他​讨​论​艺​术​简​直​是​对​牛​弹​琴​，他​根​本​不​感​兴​趣​。
跟​他​討​論​藝​術​簡​直​是​對​牛​彈​琴​，他​根​本​不​感​興​趣​。
gēn tā tǎo lùn yì shù jiǎn zhí shì duì niú tán qín . tā gēn běn bù gǎn xìng qù .
phr. Discussing art with him is like playing the lute to a cow; he has no interest at all.
别​再​对​牛​弹​琴​了​，他​是​不​会​理​解​你​的​想​法​的​。
別​再​對​牛​彈​琴​了​，他​是​不​會​理​解​你​的​想​法​的​。
bié zài duì niú tán qín le, tā shì bú huì lí jié nǐ de xiáng fǎ de .
phr. Stop wasting your words; he will never understand your thoughts.
我​给​他​解​释​了​半​天​，但​他​还​是​不​明​白​，真​是​对​牛​弹​琴​。
我​給​他​解​釋​了​半​天​，但​他​還​是​不​明​白​，真​是​對​牛​彈​琴​。
wó gěi tā jiě shì le bàn tiān, dàn tā hái shì bù míng bai, zhēn shì duì niú tán qín .
phr. I explained to him for a long time, but he still didn't understand - it's really like playing the lute to a cow.
在​不​懂​美​食​的​人​面​前​谈​论​烹​饪​简​直​是​对​牛​弹​琴​。
在​不​懂​美​食​的​人​面​前​談​論​烹​飪​簡​直​是​對​牛​彈​琴​。
zài bù dóng měi shí de rén miàn qián tán lùn pēng rèn jiǎn zhí shì duì niú tán qín .
phr. Talking about cooking in front of someone who doesn’t understand food is really a waste of effort.