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对牛弹琴

duìniútánqín

Traditional: 對牛彈琴

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

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