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[對牛彈琴] duìniútánqín 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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        duì, [對], right/correct/couple/pair/towards/at/for/to face/opposite/to treat (sb a certain...
        duìbuqǐ, [對不起], unworthy/to let down/I'm sorry/excuse me/pardon me/if you please/sorry? (please ...
        juéduì, [絕對], absolute/unconditional
        duìyú, [對於], regarding/as far as sth is concerned/with regards to
        pàiduì, [派對], party (loanword)
        miànduì, [面對], to confront/to face
        fǎnduì, [反對], to fight against/to oppose/to be opposed to/opposition
        duìfāng, [對方], counterpart/other person involved/opposite side/other side/receiving party
        duìfu, [對付], to handle/to deal with/to cope/to get by with
        duìdài, [對待], to treat/treatment
        bùduì, [不對], incorrect/wrong/amiss/abnormal/queer
        duìshǒu, [對手], opponent/rival/competitor/(well-matched) adversary/match
        duìxiàng, [對象], target/object/partner/boyfriend/girlfriend/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhēnduì, [針對], to target/to focus on/to be aimed at or against/in response to
        duìjìn, [對勁], suitable/to one's liking/to get along together
        duìhuà, [對話], dialogue/CL:個|个[gè]
        duìkàng, [對抗], to withstand/to resist/to stand off/antagonism/confrontation
        duìmiàn, [對面], (sitting) opposite/across (the street)/directly in front/to be face to face
        duìle, [對了], Correct!/Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to me...
        miànduìmiàn, [面對面], face to face
        xiāngduì, [相對], relatively/opposite/to resist/to oppose/relative/vis-a-vis/counterpart
        yīduì, [一對], couple/pair
        duìbǐ, [對比], to contrast/contrast/ratio/CL:個|个[gè]
        duìzhǔn, [對準], to aim at/to target/to point at/to be directed at/registration/alignment (mechan...
        duìtóu/duìtou, [對頭], correct/normal/to be on good terms with/on the right track/right, (longstanding)...
        duìjiǎngjī, [對講機], intercom/walkie-talkie
        pèiduì, [配對], to pair up/to match up/to form a pair (e.g. to marry)/to mate/matched pair
        héduì, [核對], to check/to verify/to audit/to examine
        duìwài, [對外], external/foreign/pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
        yìngduì, [應對], response/to answer/to reply
        dáduì, [答對], (usually used in the negative) to answer or reply to sb's question
        díduì, [敵對], hostile/enemy (factions)/combative
        zuòduì, [作對], to set oneself against/to oppose/to make a pair
        
        duìcè, [對策], countermeasure for dealing with a situation
        duìzhì, [對峙], to stand opposite/to confront/confrontation
        duìyìng, [對應], to correspond/a correspondence/corresponding/homologous/matching with sth/counte...
        duìzhèn, [對陣], poised for battle/to square up for a fight
        duìchèn, [對稱], symmetry/symmetrical
        duìàn, [對岸], opposite bank (of a body of water)
        duìzhì, [對質], to confront (in court etc)/confrontation
        duìlì, [對立], to oppose/to set sth against/to be antagonistic to/antithetical/relative opposit...
        duìjìnr, [對勁兒], erhua variant of 對勁|对劲[duì jìn]
        zhēnfēngxiāngduì, [針鋒相對], to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat/measure for measu...
        fǎnduìpiào, [反對票], dissenting vote
        duìshì, [對視], to look face to face
        duìzhào, [對照], to contrast/to compare/to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts)/...
        duìdeqǐ, [對得起], not to let sb down/to treat sb fairly/be worthy of
        duìbái, [對白], dialogue (in a movie or a play)
        sǐduìtou, [死對頭], arch-enemy/sworn enemy
        duìlìmiàn, [對立面], opposite/antonym/the opposite side (in a conflict)
        duìgē, [對歌], answering phrase of duet/to sing antiphonal answer
        fǎnduìpài, [反對派], opposition faction
        duìchōng, [對沖], hedging (finance)
        duìbuzhù, [對不住], to let sb down/to be unfair/I'm sorry/pardon me (formal)
        duìlù, [對路], suitable/to one's liking
        
        duìkàngsài, [對抗賽], duel/match/competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
        xiāngduìlùn, [相對論], theory of relativity
        duìjiē, [對接], to join up/to dock/a joint (between components)
        duìchàng, [對唱], in duet/answering phrase/antiphonal answer
        
        juéduìzhí, [絕對值], absolute value
        duìzhé, [對摺], to sell at a 50% discount/to fold in two
        duìbàn, [對半], half-and-half/50-50/to double
        zhēnduìxìng, [針對性], focus/direction/purpose/relevance
        
        duìdǎ, [對打], to spar/to fight/to duke it out
        duìshù, [對數], logarithm
        duìkǒu, [對口], (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately/to be fit for the purposes of a...
        cháduì, [查對], to scrutinize/to examine/to check
        duìzǐ, [對子], pair of antithetical phrases/antithetical couplet
        duìzhèngxiàyào, [對症下藥], lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a pro...
        duìdiào, [對調], to swap places/to exchange roles
簿         duìbùgōngtáng, [對簿公堂], public courtroom accusation (idiom)/legal confrontation/to take sb to court/to s...
        
        
        duìkàngxìng, [對抗性], antagonistic
        fǎnduìdǎng, [反對黨], opposition (political) party
        wúyányǐduì, [無言以對], to be left speechless/unable to respond
        
        chàngduìtáixì, [唱對臺戲], to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb/to get into confron...
        kuìduì, [愧對], to be ashamed to face (sb)/to feel bad about having failed (sb)
        yuānjiāduìtóu, [冤家對頭], enemy (idiom); opponent/arch-enemy
        duìqí, [對齊], to align/(typography) to justify
        duìdá, [對答], to reply/to answer/response/reply
        duìliú, [對流], convection
        duìyì, [對弈], to play go, chess etc
        duìxiā, [對蝦], prawn/shrimp
        duìchènxìng, [對稱性], symmetry
        duìbǐdù, [對比度], contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup)/degree of contrast
        duìzhèng, [對證], confrontation
        duìjiǎo, [對角], opposite angle
线         duìjiǎoxiàn, [對角線], (geometry) a diagonal
        duìdí, [對敵], to confront/to face the enemy
        duìlěi, [對壘], to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)
        méndānghùduì, [門當戶對], the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom)/(of a prospectiv...
        duìzhuàngjī, [對撞機], a particle collider
        
        
        duìmén, [對門], the building or room opposite
        duìděng, [對等], equal status/equal treatment/parity (under the law)/equity/reciprocity
        duìǒu, [對偶], dual/duality/antithesis/coupled phrases (as rhetorical device)/spouse
        duìgōng, [對攻], to attack (one another)
        duìhào, [對號], tick/check mark (✓)/number for verification (serial number, seat number etc)/(fi...
        duìnèi, [對內], internal/national/domestic (policy)
        duìhuàkuàng, [對話框], dialog box (computing)
        duìliúcéng, [對流層], troposphere/lower atmosphere
        
        duìmà, [對罵], to hurl abuse/to trade insults/slanging match
        ménduì, [門對], couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
        
        duìzhàng, [對仗], antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound)/to fight/to wage wa...
        duìkāi, [對開], running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
        
        
        
        
        duìlián, [對聯], rhyming couplet/pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a do...
        duìbǐsè, [對比色], color contrast
        duìběn, [對本], (a return) equal to the capital/100 percent profit
        duìzhàobiǎo, [對照表], comparison table
        
        
        

        Niú/niú, surname Niu, ox/cow/bull/CL:條|条[tiáo],頭|头[tóu]/newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niú dùn])...
        niúnǎi, cow's milk/CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
        niúzǎi, cowboy
        niúròu, beef
        niúpái, steak
        niúzǎikù, [牛仔褲], jeans/CL:條|条[tiáo]
        DǒuNiú/dòuniú, [鬥牛], Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy), bullfighting
        chuīniú, to talk big/to shoot off one's mouth/to chat (dialect)
        gōngniú, bull
        nǎiniú, milk cow/dairy cow
        Niújīn, Oxford (city in England)
        shuǐniú, water buffalo
        xīniú, rhinoceros
        fēngniúbìng, [瘋牛病], mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
        yěniú, bison
        Niúdùn/niúdùn, [牛頓], Newton (name)/Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist,...
        wōniú, [蝸牛], snail/Taiwan pr. [guā niú]
        
        HóngNiú, [紅牛], Red Bull (energy drink)
        xiǎoniú, calf/(coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini
        niúpí, cowhide/leather/fig. flexible and tough/boasting/big talk
        niúyóu, butter
        niújiǎo, cow horn
        
        chuīniúpí, to boast/to talk big
        qiānniúhuā, [牽牛花], white-edged morning glory
        hǎiniú, manatee
        zuānniújiǎojiān, [鑽牛角尖], lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble...
        Niúláng/niúláng, Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女/Altair (star), cowhe...
        máoniú, [氂牛], yak (Bos grunniens)
        niúwā, bullfrog
        niúdú, [牛犢], calf
        rǔniú, dairy cattle
        niúpáiguǎn, [牛排館], steakhouse
        Jīnniúzuò, Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
        
        niúzǎibù, denim
        huángniú, [黃牛], ox/cattle/scalper of tickets etc/to fail to show up/to break a promise
        niúpíxuǎn, [牛皮癬], psoriasis
        
        
        
        
        niúqi, [牛氣], (coll.) haughty/overbearing/(economics) bullish
        
        duōrúniúmáo, as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)/great amount of/countless
        xiǎoshìniúdāo, [小試牛刀], to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
        
        niúbàng, burdock
        
        
        
        niúpízhǐ, [牛皮紙], kraft paper
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        niúlán, [牛欄], cattle pen
        niúshì, bull market
        Qiānniú/qiānniú, [牽牛], Altair (star)/Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女, morni...
        
        niúpíqi, [牛脾氣], bullheadedness/stubborn
        
        niúmǎ, [牛馬], oxen and horses/beasts of burden/CL:隻|只[zhī]
        
        
        
        
        
        shèniú, musk ox
        
        
        
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        niúgānjùn, porcino (Boletus edulis)
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        shuǐniúr, [水牛兒], (dialect) snail
        niúguǐshéshén, evil monsters/(fig.) bad characters/(political) bad elements
        
        
        
        
        niúdòu, cowpox
        
        
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        fēngmǎniúbùxiāngjí, [風馬牛不相及], to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom)/irrelevant
        
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        niúhuáng, [牛黃], bezoar
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        niúpícài, chard (Beta vulgaris), a foliage beet
·         Àisàkè·Niúdùn, [艾薩克·牛頓], Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
        niúròumiàn, [牛肉麵], beef noodle soup
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        tiānniú, Longhorn beetle
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        niúnián, Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009)
        Qiānniúxīng, [牽牛星], Altair (star)/Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女

        zǐdàn, [子彈], bullet/CL:粒[lì],顆|颗[kē],發|发[fā]
        zhàdàn, [炸彈], bomb/CL:枚[méi],顆|颗[kē]
        dàn/tán, [彈], crossball/bullet/shot/shell/ball, to pluck (a string)/to play (a string instrume...
        dǎodàn, [導彈], guided missile/cruise missile/missile/CL:枚[méi]
        hédàn, [核彈], nuclear warhead
        zhòngdàn, [中彈], hit by a bullet/shot
        dànyào, [彈藥], ammunition
        dànké, [彈殼], ammunition case
        yuánzǐdàn, [原子彈], atom bomb/atomic bomb/A-bomb
        shǒuliúdàn, [手榴彈], hand grenade
        dàndào, [彈道], trajectory (of a projectile)/ballistic curve
        pàodàn, [炮彈], artillery shell/CL:枚[méi]
        tánqín, [彈琴], to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
        dàntóu, [彈頭], warhead
        tánzòu, [彈奏], to play (musical instrument, esp. string)
        fēidàn, [飛彈], missile
        tánhuáng, [彈簧], spring
        tánxìng, [彈性], flexibility/elasticity
        fángdànyī, [防彈衣], bulletproof vest
        dànkǒng, [彈孔], bullet hole
        fángdàn, [防彈], bulletproof
        dànpiàn, [彈片], shrapnel/splinter from shell
        dòngtan, [動彈], to budge
        dànjiā, [彈夾], ammunition clip/cartridge clip/magazine (for ammunition)
        dìngshízhàdàn, [定時炸彈], time bomb
        dàngōng, [彈弓], catapult/slingshot
        tánhé, [彈劾], to accuse of misconduct (in official task)/to impeach
        tánqiú, [彈球], to play marbles
        
        fǎntán, [反彈], to bounce/to bounce back/to boomerang/to ricochet/rebound (of stock market etc)/...
        tántiào, [彈跳], to bounce/to jump/to leap
        shídàn, [實彈], live ammunition
        tánshè, [彈射], to catapult/to launch/to eject (from a plane)/to shoot
        
        tánlì, [彈力], elasticity/elastic force/spring/rebound/bounce
        tóudàn, [投彈], to throw an explosive charge/to bomb
        ránshāodàn, [燃燒彈], fire bomb/incendiary device
        
        
        hédàntóu, [核彈頭], nuclear reentry vehicle/nuclear warhead
        
        liúdàn, [榴彈], high explosive shell/grenade
        
        qiāngdàn, [槍彈], bullet
        cuīlèidàn, [催淚彈], tear bomb/tear-gas grenade
        
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        dànxiá, [彈匣], magazine (for ammunition)
        
        liúdàn, [流彈], stray bullet
        dànzi/tánzi, [彈子], slingshot pellet/playing marbles/billiards/CL:粒[lì],顆|颗[kē], towrope
        zhàomíngdàn, [照明彈], flare/star shell
        shāoyídàn, [燒夷彈], fire bomb/incendiary device
        tánhuí, [彈回], to rebound
        huǒjiàndàn, [火箭彈], rocket (artillery)
        dànhén, [彈痕], bullet hole/shell hole
        xúnhángdǎodàn, [巡航導彈], cruise missile
        hèqiāngshídàn, [荷槍實彈], (idiom) armed/carrying a loaded firearm
        dàndàodǎodàn, [彈道導彈], ballistic missile
        dànyàokù, [彈藥庫], ammunition dump
        dànkēng, [彈坑], bomb crater
        
        qīngdàn, [氫彈], H-bomb/hydrogen bomb
        lǎodiàochóngtán, [老調重彈], to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
        dànjìnliángjué, [彈盡糧絕], out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits
        dànwán, [彈丸], pellet
        dúqìdàn, [毒氣彈], poison gas shell/poison gas grenade
        yānmùdàn, [煙幕彈], smoke bomb
        
        liúxiàndàn, [榴霰彈], shrapnel shell/shrapnel/also pr. [liú sǎn dàn]
        liúdànpào, [榴彈炮], howitzer
        
        dámǔdàn, [達姆彈], dumdum bullet (loanword)/expanding bullet
        
        hédǎodàn, [核導彈], nuclear missile
        tánhuángsuǒ, [彈簧鎖], spring lock
        
        zhōujìdǎodàn, [洲際導彈], intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM
        
        luàntánqín, [亂彈琴], to talk nonsense/to behave like a fool
        zhōngzǐdàn, [中子彈], neutron bomb
        
        tánhuángmén, [彈簧門], swing door
        
        
        
        tángyīpàodàn, [糖衣炮彈], sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupti...
        yèguāngdàn, [曳光彈], tracer ammunition/tracer
        zàidànliàng, [載彈量], payload
        
        tánguānxiāngqìng, [彈冠相慶], lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment/to...
        
        tánbōyuèqì, [彈撥樂器], plucked string instrument/CL:件[jiàn]

        gāngqín, [鋼琴], piano/CL:架[jià],臺|台[tái]
        qín, [琹], guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] (a type of zither)/musical instrument in general, variant of 琴[...
        xiǎotíqín, fiddle/violin
        tánqín, [彈琴], to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument
        dàtíqín, cello/violoncello/CL:把[bǎ]
        gāngqínjiā, [鋼琴家], pianist
        shùqín, [豎琴], harp
        kǒuqín, harmonica
        fēngqín, [風琴], pipe organ (musical instrument)
        zhōngtíqín, viola
        gāngqínshī, [鋼琴師], pianist
        shǒufēngqín, [手風琴], accordion
        xiǎotíqínshǒu, violinist/fiddler
        guǎnfēngqín, [管風琴], organ/pipe organ
        tíqín, instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass)/CL:把[bǎ]
        qínxián, string (of a stringed instrument)
        
        mùqín, xylophone
        qínjiàn, [琴鍵], a piano key
        bānzhuóqín, banjo (loanword)
        
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        yángqín, variant of 揚琴|扬琴[yáng qín]
        diànzǐqín, [電子琴], electronic keyboard (music)
        luàntánqín, [亂彈琴], to talk nonsense/to behave like a fool
        Lúnqín, [倫琴], Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer
        
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        ÀiqínHǎi, [愛琴海], Aegean Sea
        
        
        qínshī, [琴師], player of a stringed instrument
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        qīxiánqín, guqin or seven-stringed zither
        
        yángqín, [揚琴], yangqin/dulcimer (hammered string musical instrument)
        
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