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鮮花插在牛糞上

xiānhuāchāzàiniúfènshàng

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄔㄚ ㄗㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄈㄣˋ ㄕㄤˋ

Simplified 鲜花插在牛粪上

  1. 1lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure
  2. 2fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
Example

別把鮮花插在牛糞上。

bié bǎ xiānhuāchāzàiniúfènshàng

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Keep 鮮花插在牛糞上 and it comes back until you know it.

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