鼎鐺玉石

ding2 caang1 juk6 sek6

lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material · casting pearls before swine

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
  2. casting pearls before swine

Written Forms

鼎鐺玉石Traditional · Main Form
鼎铛玉石Alternate Form

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