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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• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 2
• Scroll 5 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1