Chinese Idioms of July 2014 (2014-7-15)
  Time:2014-7-15 13:27:42  Clrck:2141

(Pin yin)  d   niú tán  qín

(Chinese)    

(Translation) Cast pearls before swine.

 

Word by word English translation:

   to 

   cow

   to play  

   the lute

 

Sample sentence:

Wèi tāmen chànggē zhēnshi yóurú duìniútánqín 

为他们唱歌真是犹如对牛弹琴

Sing for them is to cast pearls before swine.

 

(Pin yin)           shuǐ 

(Chinese)     

(Translation) Feel just like a fish in water.

 

Word by word English translation:

     like  

     fish 

     have       

     water

 

Sample sentence:

Zhèyàng de zhìdù duì nàxiē yǒu nénglì chénggōng de rén lái shuō rúyúdéshuǐ

这样的制度对那些有能力成功的人来说如鱼得水。

Such a system is fine for those who have it in them to succeed.

 

 


 


 

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